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Tate & LyleAnnouncement

13/01/2017 09:45

      Commencement of Share Purchase Programme    
    
      Tate & Lyle PLC (the "Company")    
      Commencement of Share Purchase Programme    
      The Company announces that it will today commence a share purchase       programme over 2,000,000 of its ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the       capital of the Company (the Share Purchase Programme).    
      Any purchase of ordinary shares done in relation to this announcement       will be carried out on the London Stock Exchange and executed in       accordance with the Listing Rules and the Company's general authority to       make market purchases of its ordinary shares. The Company intends to       hold these shares in Treasury to satisfy awards made under employee       performance share plans.    
      The maximum pecuniary amount allocated to the Share Purchase Programme       is 15 million and the maximum number of ordinary shares that will be       purchased under the Share Purchase Programme is 2,000,000. The Share       Purchase Programme will commence on 13 January 2017 and will end no       later than the expiry of the authority obtained at the Companys last       AGM on 21 July 2016. This authority expires at the latest on 30       September 2017, or, if earlier, the date of the Companys 2017 Annual       General Meeting.    
      This announcement is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation       596/2014.    
      Robert Gibber    
      Company Secretary    
      13 January 2017    
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      Tate & Lyle PLC