Avon Protection Regulatory News (AVON)

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Avon Rubber plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

No

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

No

Other (please specify):

No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Credit Agricole Cheuvreux International Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

20 June 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

22 June 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Below 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0000667013

1,185,500

1,185,500

Below 3%

Below 3%

Below 3%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Below 3%

Below 3%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

SAS Rue La Boétie

Crédit Agricole SA

Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA

Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux SA

Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux International Limited

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Olanike Bola-Lateef

15. Contact telephone number:

0207 214 6519

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux International Limited

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

Broadwalk House, 5 Appold Street, London EC2A 2DA

Phone number & email

0207 214 6519 olanike.bolalateef@ca-cib.com

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

Olanike Bola-Lateef, Compliance Control Room

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Contact address

Phone number & email

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

M Ingrey-Counter, Company Secretary, Avon Rubber plc 01225 896850 miles.ingrey-counter@avon-rubber.com

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.