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 BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     433 496

6)   Percentage of issued Class
      1.56

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
      -

8)   Percentage of issued Class
      -

9)   Class of security

      £1 ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

       -

11)  Date company informed

      9 MARCH 2005

12)  Total holding following this notification

      4,092,386
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

      14.71%

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......


Letter to Avon Rubber Plc
Dated 08 March, 2005


Further to our letter of 09 June, 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 14.71%. The total interest is in 4,092,386 
shares registered in the names and in the amounts as set out in the below 
Schedule.

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.

Letter 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                              3,525,366

TOTAL                                              4,092,386



   


                      
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