Director Shareholding

Avon Rubber PLC
03 September 2002

Notification of Interests of Directors

The Avon Rubber Employee Share Ownership Trust (the 'ESOT')

On 3 September 2002, Towers Perrin SPS (GSY) Limited, informed Avon Rubber
p.l.c. that it had acquired, as trustee of the ESOT, 100,000 ordinary Shares of
£1 each in Avon Rubber p.l.c at a cost of £1.69 per share.

As potential beneficiaries under the ESOT, each executive director of Avon
Rubber p.l.c is treated as being interested in all shares acquired by the ESOT.
The Executive Directors of Avon Rubber p.l.c are Steve Willcox, Terry Stead,
Steve Stone, Roger Hunt, Lee Richards and Detlev Bartels.

Following the above transaction, and the purchase by the ESOT of (i) 380,000
shares at a price of 135 pence on 26 March 2002 (ii) 25,000 shares at a price of
134 pence on 27 March 2002 (iii) 33,000 shares at a price of 134 pence on 28
March 2002, the ESOT holds an aggregate of 538,000 ordinary shares in the
Company.


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