Tate & Lyle PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

Sep 20, 2013

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC on behalf of the accounts listed in Exhibit B attached hereto Teachers Advisors, Inc. on behalf of the funds listed in Exhibit C attached hereto
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		See Number 3
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		17/9/2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		19/9/2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE		Situation previous to the triggering transaction												Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares						Number of Voting Rights						Number of shares
			Direct						Direct xi				Indirect xii		Direct
GB0008754136		18,751,943						18,751,943						18,277,843
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument						Expiration date xiii				Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv
N/A						N/A				N/A
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument				Exercise price				Expiration date xvii				Exercise/ Conversion period xviii
N/A				N/A				N/A				N/A
					N/A						N/A
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
18,277,843

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The College Retirement Equities Fund (“CREF”) sold 525,000 shares on September 17, 2013 bringing its holdings to 6,700,287 shares of Tate & Lyle PLC. CREF owns these shares through three of its investment accounts, the Global Equities Account, Stock Account and Social Choice Account. It is our understanding the total voting shares outstanding of Tate & Lyle PLC are 466,378,765, bringing CREF’s ownership in your company to a 1.437% level.
For your information, CREF is a U.S. based investment company, which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). CREF has multiple investment accounts, each with separate investment objectives and policies. All assets in the accounts are beneficially owned by CREF, and all the accounts are managed by TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser. Additionally, affiliates of CREF on September 17, 2013 bought 50,900 shares of Tate & Lyle PLC, bringing the holdings of these affiliates to 11,577,556 shares of Tate & Lyle PLC. These holdings are owned by the TIAA-CREF Funds (“Funds”) and TIAA-CREF Life Funds (“Life Funds”), each of which are SEC registered investment companies, as well as the Active Extension Fund I, LLC. (“Active Extension Unregistered Funds”) and TIAA Global Equity Income, LLC (“TGEI”). The Funds, Life Funds, Active Extension Unregistered Funds and TGEI are managed by Teachers Advisors, Inc., an SEC registered investment adviser that is affiliated with TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC. The holdings of these affiliated funds, when aggregated with those of CREF, account to 18,277,843 shares or 3.919% of the outstanding voting shares of your company. Because Teachers Advisors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC follow the same policies when voting these funds, we are aggregating the holdings for purposes of this letter. (See Exhibit A attached hereto)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Stuart R. Brunet
15. Contact telephone number:	+1 415 882 3711
Listed Company Contact name:	Lucie Gilbert Company Secretary 020 7257 2100

Exhibit A.

TIAA-CREF
Summary of Holdings of Tate & Lyle PLC
Between September 16, 2013 – September 17, 2013

		TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC ("CREF")
		Global Equities Account		Stock Account		Social Choice Account		Total CREF Holdings		Total CREF %
Holdings as of September 16, 2013		317,907		6,894,834		12,546		7,225,287		1.549%
Transactions as of September 17, 2013		(291,667)		(233,333)		-		(525,000)		-0.113%
Holdings as of September 17, 2013		26,240		6,661,501		12,546		6,700,287		1.437%

		Teachers Advisors, Inc.
		TIAA-CREF International Equity Fund		TIAA-CREF Life International Equity Fund		TIAA-CREF Intl Equity Index Fund		TIAA-CREF ENH Intl Equity Index Fund		TIAA Global Equity Income		Active Extension Fund I		Total Mutual Funds Holdings		Total Mutual Funds %
Holdings as of September 16, 2013		10,806,135		276,116		192,114		187,014		53,400		11,877		11,526,656		2.472%
Transactions as of September 17, 2013		-		-		-		-		50,900		-		50,900		0.011%
Holdings as of September 17, 2013		10,806,135		276,116		192,114		187,014		104,300		11,877		11,577,556		2.482%

		Aggregate Holding
		Total Holdings		Total %
Holdings as of September 16, 2013		18,751,943		4.021%
Transactions as of September 17, 2013		(474,100)		-0.102%
Holdings as of September 17, 2013		18,277,843		3.919%

Total Voting Shares Outstanding 466,378,765

Exhibit B.

TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC

College Retirement Equities Fund (“CREF”) *

• CREF Stock Account
• CREF Global Equities Account
• CREF Social Choice Account

* Registered Investment Company

Exhibit C.

Teachers Advisors, Inc.

TIAA-CREF Funds *

• International Equity Fund
• International Equity Index Fund
• Enhanced International Equity Index Fund

TIAA-CREF Life Funds *

• Life International Equity Fund

TIAA-CREF Active Extension Funds

• Active Extension Fund I, LLC

TIAA Global Equity Income, LLC ±

* Registered Investment Company

± Unregistered investment company