Tate & Lyle PLC - Major Shareholding Notification 2016

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For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

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		Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Vidacos Nominees Ltd State Street Nominees Limited HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited Roy Nominees Cede & Co
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		27 April 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		29 April 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Above the threshold of 5%


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				Number of voting rights
			Direct				Direct xi			Indirect xii		Direct
GB0008754136		N/A				N/A					0
US8765706077		N/A				N/A					0

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument				Expiration date xiii				Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv


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



Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights													Percentage of voting rights
23,767,456													5.096%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (5.096%) Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (0.000%) Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

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:		The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9. Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.
14. Contact name:		Mark Powney, Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd.
15. Contact telephone number:		+44 (0) 1793 363 135
Listed Company Contact name:		Lucie Gilbert Company Secretary 020 7257 2100

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