Director/PDMR Shareholding

Avon Rubber PLC
14 December 2006


                                  Grant of awards

                        Avon Rubber p.l.c. ('the Company')

                                Employee Share Plans 

     Announcement of transaction in ordinary shares of £1 each (the 'Shares')

The Company announces that on 14 December 2006, nil-cost options over Shares
(the 'Options') were granted under the Company's Performance Share Plan 2002 to
executive directors and persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs'),
as listed below.

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

                                                                       NUMBER OF
NAME OF DIRECTOR/PDMR                   DATE OF GRANT             SHARES SUBJECT
                                                                       TO OPTION

Peter C Slabbert                          14/12/2006                      66,494
Terence K.P. Stead                        14/12/2006                     139,610
Jonathan R.M.Palmer                       14/12/2006                      66,494
Miles Ingrey-Counter                      14/12/2006                       7,792
Simon D. Wright                           14/12/2006                      38,961

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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