Avon Protection Regulatory News (AVON)

21 Jun 2006 15:02

Avon Rubber PLC21 June 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF LISTED COMPANY AVON RUBBER PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC 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. SEE BELOW 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 85,583 8) Percentage of issued Class (any treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 0.30% 9) Class of security ORDINARY £1 SHARES 10) Date of transaction 16 June 2006 11) Date listed company informed 20 June 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 2,284,417 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) 8.12% 14) Any additional information AVON RUBBER PLC ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL 28,137,184 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries 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 ................. 21 June 2006 ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLC AND ITS FUND MANAGEMENT OPERATING SUBSIDIARIES * AVON RUBBER PLC ORDINARY GBP1 SHARES Ordinary GBP1 Shares in issue 20 Jun 06 28,137,184 Fund Code Fund Name Previous Previous % Current Current % Movement Holding Holding IT090B Dunedin Smaller Companies Trust Plc 630,000 2.23% 630,000 2.23% 0 LF1988D Aberdeen Life UK Smaller Companies Fund 350,000 1.24% 350,000 1.24% 0 OC0449 Aberdeen UK Emerging Companies Fund 1,390,000 4.92% 1,304,417 4.62% -85,583 TOTAL HOLDING 2,370,000 8.40% 2,284,417 8.09% -85,583 * Aberdeen Asset Management PLC UK Fund Management SubsidiariesAberdeen Asset Managers LimitedEdinburgh Fund Managers LimitedEdinburgh Portfolio LimitedMurray Johnstone LimitedAberdeen Private Investors LimitedAberdeen Fund Management LimitedAberdeen Asset Management Life and Pensions LimitedAberdeen Asset Management Investment Funds LimitedAberdeen Asset Management Funds LimitedAberdeen Asset Management Investment Services Limited This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange