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Tate & Lyle agrees sale of Mexican sugar business

08 October 2007
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Tate & Lyle PLC (“Tate & Lyle”) announces that its Mexican subsidiary (“Tate & Lyle Mexico”) has signed an agreement for the sale of its 49% shareholding in Grupo Industrial Azucarero de Occidente, S.A. de C.V. (“Occidente”) to E D & F Man Holdings Limited (“E D & F Man”). Occidente operates three...

Change in a Director’s Responsibilities

08 October 2007
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In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.11(3) Tate & Lyle announces that, with immediate effect, D. Lynn Grider, President, Food & Industrial Ingredients, Americas is promoted to the Tate & Lyle Group Management Committee and, as a consequence, will now report directly into the Chief Executive. Mr...

Completion of Disposal of European Starch facilities

01 October 2007
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Tate & Lyle PLC is pleased to announce that, following the receipt of European antitrust approvals, the sale of its starch facilities in the UK, Belgium, France, Spain and Italy (together “the business”) to Syral SAS (a subsidiary of Tereos of France) has now completed. The signing of the...

Chairman's AGM and Interim Management Statement

18 July 2007
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At the Annual General Meeting of Tate & Lyle PLC to be held in London today, Sir David Lees, Chairman, will make the following statement: Trading Update Trading in the current financial year has started in line with our expectations with total operating profit at constant exchange rates for the...

Disposal of European Starch facilities

18 July 2007
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Tate & Lyle announces that, following completion of consultation with the European and local works councils and other employee representatives announced on 9 May 2007, it has entered into an agreement with Syral SAS (a subsidiary of Tereos of France) for the sale of its starch facilities in the UK...

Tate & Lyle launches second PROMITOR™ dietary fiber

19 July 2007
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Tate & Lyle today announced the launch of PROMITOR™ Soluble Corn Fiber, the second fiber in the PROMITOR™ range. Made from corn, the new fiber will initially be launched in the US, with other geographies to follow. Typical diets in the US and Europe do not meet the national recommendations for daily...

Tate & Lyle Ventures invests in Aquapharm Biodiscovery Ltd

24 July 2007
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Tate & Lyle Ventures announces today that it will invest in UK-based marine biotechnology company, Aquapharm Biodiscovery Ltd (Aquapharm). Tate & Lyle Ventures forms part of a consortium which has invested second round funding of £4.0m. Aquapharm develops natural products from the microbial resource...

Tate & Lyle announces completion of investment in G.C Hahn & Co.

15 June 2007
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Tate & Lyle, the global renewable ingredients company, is pleased to announce that it has today completed the acquisition of an 80% holding in German specialty food ingredients group G. C. Hahn & Co (“Hahn”) for a total cash consideration of £78 million (€116 million). This follows the initial...

Completion of sale of Canadian sugar refining business

23 April 2007
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Tate & Lyle PLC (“Tate & Lyle”) announces that it has completed the sale of Tate & Lyle Canada Ltd (“Redpath”) to American Sugar Refining, Inc. The signing of a conditional agreement for this disposal was announced on 14 February 2007. The effective date for this transaction is 22 April 2007. The...

Tate & Lyle PLC – Trading Update prior to entering closed period

25 March 2004
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Before entering its closed period for the year ending 31 March 2004 and prior to meeting with stockbrokers’ analysts, Tate & Lyle issues the following routine trading update. The preliminary announcement of results for the year ending 31 March 2004 will be made on 3 June 2004. Since the update on 28...