TIDMAVON 
 
RNS Number : 3288Z 
Avon Rubber PLC 
18 September 2009 
 

Financial Services Authority 
 
 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                     | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer     |     Avon Rubber plc       | 
| of existing shares to which voting rights are          |                           | 
| attached:                                              |                           | 
|                                                        |                           | 
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| 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                              |  Yes    | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may |   No    | 
| result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting       |         | 
| rights are attached.                                                     |         | 
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| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect   |   No    | 
| to qualifying financial instruments                                      |         | 
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         |   No    | 
| (CFD Positions now reportable)                                           |         | 
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| Other (please      |                                                     |   No    | 
| specify):          |                                                     |         | 
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to |        Gartmore Investment Limited          | 
| the                                  |                                             | 
| notification obligation:             |                                             | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)       |            See attached schedule            | 
|  (if different from 3.):             |                                             | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date  |              15 September 2009              | 
| on                                   |                                             | 
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                                             | 
| reached:                             |                                             | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    |              18 September 2009              | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  |                    11%                      | 
| or                                   |                                             | 
| reached:                             |                                             | 
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| 8. Notified details:                                                                                                                                  | 
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| A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                                                                   | 
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| Class/type of  |            Situation previous             |                  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                    | 
| shares         |            to the triggering              |                                                                                          | 
| if possible    |                transaction                |                                                                                          | 
| using          |                                           |                                                                                          | 
| the ISIN CODE  |                                           |                                                                                          | 
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|                |        Number          |      Number      |  Number   |             Number of              |           % of voting rights            | 
|                |          of            |        of        |    of     |              voting                |                                         | 
|                |        Shares          |      Voting      |  shares   |              rights                |                                         | 
|                |                        |      Rights      |           |                                    |                                         | 
+                +                        +                  +           +------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ 
|                |                        |                  |           |        Direct          | Indirect  |          Direct          |  Indirect    | 
+----------------+------------------------+------------------+-----------+------------------------+-----------+--------------------------+--------------+ 
| GB0000667013   | 2,972,709              | 2,972,709        |3,232,709  |           0            |3,232,709  |          0.00            |   11.093%    | 
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                                                                   | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                  | 
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| Type of financial            | Expiration          | Exercise/                          | Number of voting                         | % of voting      | 
| instrument                   | date                | Conversion Period                  | rights that may be                       | rights           | 
|                              |                     |                                    | acquired if the                          |                  | 
|                              |                     |                                    | instrument is                            |                  | 
|                              |                     |                                    | exercised/ converted.                    |                  | 
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|                              |                     |                                    |                                          |                  | 
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                             | 
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                                                                  | 
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| Type of financial        | Exercise     | Expiration   | Exercise/     | Number of voting rights                  | % of voting                       | 
| instrument               | price        | date         | Conversion    | instrument refers to                     | rights                            | 
|                          |              |              | period        |                                          |                                   | 
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|                          |              |              |               |                                          |        Nominal         |  Delta   | 
+                          +              +              +               +                                          +------------------------+----------+ 
|                          |              |              |               |                                          |                        |          | 
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| Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                                                         | 
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| Number of voting rights                                            | Percentage of voting rights                                                      | 
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| 3,232,709                                                          | 11.093%                                                                          | 
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the                                                                        | 
| financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                                                                            | 
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|                                                                                                                                                       | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                                                                                         | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                               |                                                         | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                         |                                                         | 
| to hold:                                                                                    |                                                         | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                                           |                                                         | 
| voting rights:                                                                              |                                                         | 
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| 13. Additional information:                                        |                  All figures are based on the Company's issued                   | 
|                                                                    |                    share capital of 29,140,681 as provided by                    | 
|                                                                    |                                     Exshare                                      | 
|                                                                    |                          Email contact RDU@Gartmore.com                          | 
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| 14. Contact name:                                                  |                                       RDU                                        | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:                                      |                                  020 7782 2324                                   | 
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| Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer                           | 
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| Annex: Notification of major interests in share                                          | 
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| A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation        | 
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| Full name                                  | Avon Rubber plc                             | 
| (including legal form of legal entities)   |                                             | 
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| Contact address                            | Hampton Park West, Semington Road,          | 
| (registered office for legal entities)     | Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6NB               | 
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| Phone number & email                       | 01225 896 850                               | 
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| Other useful information                   | Mr M Ingrey-Counter, Company Secretary      | 
| (at least legal representative for legal   |                                             | 
| persons)                                   |                                             | 
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| B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable                                               | 
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| Full name                                  | Gartmore Investment Limited                 | 
|                                            |                                             | 
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| Contact address                            | Gartmore House, 8 Fenchurch Place, London,  | 
|                                            | EC3M 4PB                                    | 
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| Phone number & email                       | 020 7782 2000                               | 
|                                            | Alison.Averono@Gartmore.com                 | 
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| Other useful information                   | Head of Data Administration, Investment     | 
| (e.g. functional relationship with the     | Operations                                  | 
| person or legal entity subject to the      |                                             | 
| notification obligation)                   |                                             | 
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| C: Additional information                                                                | 
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| For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.                       | 
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|  Fund Managing Co.    |  Number   | Percentage  |    UK Registered owner    |  Beneficial Owner  | 
|                       |    of     |  of Issued  |                           |                    | 
|                       |  shares   |  Capital    |                           |                    | 
|                       |   held    |             |                           |                    | 
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| Gartmore Fund         |   834,995 |      2.865% | HSBC Global Custody       | Gartmore Fund      | 
| Managers Limited      |           |             | Nominee UK Ltd            | Managers Limited   | 
|                       |           |             |                           | A/C Gartmore UK &  | 
|                       |           |             |                           | Irish Smaller      | 
|                       |           |             |                           | Companies          | 
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| Gartmore Investment   |   984,517 |      3.378% | Nortrust Nominees Limited | Strathclyde        | 
| Limited               |           |             |                           | Pension Fund       | 
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| Gartmore Investment   |   210,697 |      0.723% | Gartmore Growth           | Gartmore Growth    | 
| Limited               |           |             | Opportunities             | Opportunities PLC  | 
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| Gartmore Investment   | 1,202,500 |      4.127% | BNY GIL CLT Account       | Gartmore Fledgling | 
| Limited               |           |             | Nominees Ltd              | Trust PLC          | 
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|                       |           |             |                           |                    | 
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|                       | 3,232,709 |     11.093% |                           |                    | 
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|                       |           |             |                           |                    | 
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|                       | 3,232,709 |     11.093% |                           |                    | 
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