Holding(s) in Company (6833D)

TIDMAVON

RNS Number : 6833D

Avon Rubber PLC

25 March 2011

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)

 
 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the 
 underlying issuer of existing shares to 
 which voting rights are attached: (ii)      Avon Rubber plc 
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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                              No 
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 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 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments                             Yes 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                         No 
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 Other (please 
  specify):                                                               No 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii)       Mr Richard Griffiths 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached: (v)                         23 March 2011 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:     24 March 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                   4% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type 
 of shares 
 if possible   Situation previous 
 using the      to the triggering                       Resulting situation after the triggering 
 ISIN CODE      transaction                              transaction 
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                                Number 
               Number            of                     Number 
                of               Voting                 of         Number of voting          % of voting rights 
                Shares           Rights                 shares      rights                    (x) 
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                                                                   Direct        Indirect 
                                                        Direct      (xi)          (xii)      Direct          Indirect 
------------   ----  --------  -------  ------  -----  ---------  ------------  ----------  --------------  ------------- 
 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                        Number of voting 
                                                                         rights that may 
                                                                         be 
                                         Exercise/                       acquired if the 
 Type of financial    Expiration          Conversion Period              instrument is                 % of voting 
  instrument           date (xiii)        (xiv)                          exercised/ converted.          rights 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                 Exercise/ 
 Type of                                          Conversion       Number of voting 
 financial      Exercise        Expiration        period            rights instrument             % of voting rights 
 instrument      price           date (xvii)      (xviii)           refers to                      (xix, xx) 
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 SPREADBET      2.15 GBP        N/A              N/A               1,272,878                      Nominal     Delta 
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                                                                                                  4.143% 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                          Percentage of voting rights 
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 1,272,878                                                        4.143% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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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: 
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 14. Contact name:                       Mr Richard Griffiths 
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 15. Contact telephone number:           01481 738720 
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 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 
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 Full name (including legal form of 
 legal entities)                           Avon Rubber plc 
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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 896850 
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 Other useful information 
  (at least legal representative for 
  legal persons)                           M Ingrey-Counter, Company Secretary 
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 B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable 
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 Full name                                 Mr Richard Griffiths 
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                                           Williams de Broe, 100 Wood Street, 
 Contact address                            London, EC2V 7AN 
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 Phone number & email                      0207 7645 1863 
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 Other useful information                  Isabelle Try, Compliance Officer 
  (e.g. functional relationship with 
  the person or legal entity subject 
  to the notification obligation) 
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 C: Additional information 
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