Holding(s) in Company

Avon Rubber PLC
10 March 2005


                                  SCHEDULE 10
 
                    NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     AVON RUBBER P.L.C.


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     DEUTSCHE BANK AG


3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     HOLDER AND NON-BENEFICIAL INTEREST


4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     SEE LETTER BELOW


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     181388


6)   Percentage of issued Class

     0.65


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     -


8)   Percentage of issued Class

     -


9)   Class of security

     £1 ORDINARY SHARES


10)  Date of transaction

     9 MARCH 2005


11)  Date company informed

     10 MARCH 2005


12)  Total holding following this notification

     4,273,774
               

13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     15.36%


14)  Any additional information

     TOTAL ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL  27,823,944


15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     P. J. FAIRBAIRN
     01225-861160

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification      10 MARCH 2005


TO  AVON RUBBER PLC DATED 9 MARCH 2005

Further to our letter of 08 March, 2004, and in accordance with Sections 
198-202 of the Companies Act 1985, we write on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG, to 
inform you that, on the basis that the relevant issued share capital of your 
company is 27,823,944 ordinary shares, Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiary 
companies have a notifiable interest in the shares of 15.36%. The total 
interest is in 4,273,774 shares registered in the names and in the amounts as 
set out in the Schedule below.

Companies within the Group acting as Fund Managers hold some of the shares on 
behalf of a number of clients whose portfolios are managed on a discretionary 
basis.

Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany, of which 
Deutsche Bank AG London is a branch.

FROM DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON


SCHEDULE
                              AVON RUBBER PLC 
                              ORDINARY SHARES

Held as Principal                                             No of Shares

Deutsche Bank AG London                                              2,784


Held in Customer Portfolios
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                          564,236
State Street Nominees                                            3,706,754
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TOTAL                                                            4,273,774
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