Avon Protection Regulatory News (AVON)

28 Apr 2005 11:16

Avon Rubber PLC28 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 FAIRBAIRN01225 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 SharesState Street Nominees 4,019,254 TOTAL 4,019,254 27 April 2005 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange