Director/PDMR Shareholding

Avon Rubber PLC
08 September 2006

                   RIS Announcement - Lapse of awards

    Avon Rubber plc ('the Company'): Employee Share Plans - Announcement of
           transaction in ordinary shares of £1 each (the 'Shares').


The Company announces that on 7 September 2006, nil-cost options over Shares
(the 'Options') and a nil-cost conditional award of shares (the 'Conditional
Award') granted under the Company's Performance Share Plan to Leland Richards
and Janine Jones, formerly persons discharging managerial responsibility
('PDMRs'), as listed below, lapsed following acceptance of the relinquishment of
such options by the Remuneration Committee of the Company. The relinquishment of
the options took place in accordance of the terms of a Warranty Deed entered
into, inter alia, by Mr Richards and Ms Jones in favour of the Company dated 19
May 2006, as described in the circular to shareholders published by the Company
on 25 May 2006.

The awards were granted on the date shown below at nil-cost.

                                                   Number of Shares
Name of Director/PDMR     Date of grant            subject to the Option

Janine Jones              15 December 2003         23,724
                          16 December 2004         27,995
                          15 December 2005         16,174

Leland J Richards         15 December 2003         46,365
                          16 December 2004         59,573
                          15 December 2005         63,712*

*Conditional award

The transaction took place at Hampton Park West, Semington Road, Melksham,
Wiltshire SN12 6NB. 

This announcement is made pursuant to Disclosure Rule 3.1.4 following
notifications under both section 324 Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule
3.1.2.

Contact: Peter Fairbairn, Company Secretary, on telephone [phone]



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