Holding(s) in Company (8528I)

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RNS Number : 8528I

Avon Rubber PLC

21 June 2011

 
 
 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 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                             Yes 
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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                              No 
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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)       Schroders plc 
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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)                         20 June 2011 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:     21 June 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                   15% - 17% 
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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 
                 of              Voting             Number        Number of voting        % of voting rights 
                 Shares          Rights              of shares     rights                  (x) 
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                                                                  Direct      Indirect 
                                                    Direct         (xi)        (xii)      Direct         Indirect 
-------------    ---  -------  ------  -----  ---  ------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ------------- 
 GB0000667013   4,780,000       4,780,000           5,300,000     N/A         5,300,000   N/A            17.251% 
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 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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                                                                                              Nominal       Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                        Percentage of voting rights 
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 5,300,000                                                      17.251% 
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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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 Schroder Investment Management Limited 5,300,000 17.251% 
 
 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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                                      The shares referred to in section 
                                       9 are held in portfolios managed by 
                                       those firms on a discretionary basis 
                                       for clients under investment management 
 13. Additional information:           agreements. 
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 14. Contact name:                    Chris Melrose 
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 15. Contact telephone number:        020 7658 6000 
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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      Schroders plc/Schroder Investment 
 legal entities)                          Management Ltd 
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 Contact address (registered office      31 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QA 
 for legal entities) 
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 Phone number & email                    020 7658 6000 
                                         [e-mail] 
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 Other useful information                Christopher Melrose, Manager, AML 
  (at least legal representative for      & Disclosure 
  legal persons) 
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 B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable 
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 Full name 
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 Contact address 
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 Phone number & email 
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 Other useful information 
  (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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 Miles Ingrey-Counter, Company Secretary, Avon Rubber p.l.c. 01225 896850 
  [e-mail] 
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 For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 
 

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