Avon Protection Regulatory News (AVON)

10 Mar 2005 12:47

Avon Rubber PLC10 March 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY AVON RUBBER P.L.C. 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 HOLDER AND 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. 181388 6) Percentage of issued Class 0.65 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed - 8) Percentage of issued Class - 9) Class of security £1 ORDINARY SHARES 10) Date of transaction 9 MARCH 2005 11) Date company informed 10 MARCH 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 4,273,774 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 15.36% 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 10 MARCH 2005 TO AVON RUBBER PLC DATED 9 MARCH 2005 Further to our letter of 08 March, 2004, 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 15.36%. The total interest is in 4,273,774 shares registered in the names and in the amounts as set out in the Schedule below. 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 as Principal No of Shares Deutsche Bank AG London 2,784 Held in Customer PortfoliosNortrust Nominees Limited 564,236State Street Nominees 3,706,754 ---------TOTAL 4,273,774 --------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange