Holding(s) in Company

Avon Rubber PLC 05 December 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY AVON RUBBER PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST PLATINUM FUND MANAGERS LIMITED 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is regarding the holding of the shareholder named in 2 above; 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. (i) BANK OF NEW YORK NOMINEES LIMITED - HOLDING 1,544,107 (ii) GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF IRELAND - HOLDING 19,000 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. - 6) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) - 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 171,893 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 0.61% 9) Class of security ORDINARY £1 SHARES 10) Date of transaction - 11) Date listed company informed 4 DECEMBER 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 1,563,107 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 5.53% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries MS P J FAIRBAIRN 01225 896860 16) Name and signature of duly authorised officer of the listed company responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ..... 5 DECEMBER 2006 ................... This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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