Holding(s) in Company

Avon Rubber PLC
28 April 2005


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

AVON RUBBER PLC

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

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.

-

6)   Percentage of issued Class

-

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

254520

8)   Percentage of issued Class

0.91

9)   Class of security

£1 ORDINARY SHARES

10)  Date of transaction

-

11)  Date company informed

27 APRIL 2005

12)  Total holding following this notification

4,019,254
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

14.45%

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 ......   28 APRIL 2005  ..................




Letter Avon Rubber PLC
 
Further to our letter of 06 March 2005, 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 14.45%. The total interest is in 4,019,254 
shares registered in the names and in the amounts as set out in the attached 
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.

FROM: DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON
 

 



SCHEDULE               
                            AVON RUBBER PLC 
                            ORDINARY SHARES

Held In Customer Portfolios                          No of Shares
State Street Nominees                                   4,019,254


TOTAL                                                   4,019,254

27 April 2005



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