Director Shareholding

Avon Rubber PLC
11 September 2002


Notification of Interests of Directors

The Avon Rubber Employee Share Ownership Trust (the 'ESOT')

On 11 September 2002, Towers Perrin SPS (GSY) Limited, informed Avon Rubber
p.l.c. that it had acquired, as trustee of the ESOT, 112,000 ordinary Shares of
£1 each in Avon Rubber p.l.c at a cost of £1.66 per share.


As potential beneficiaries under the ESOT, each executive director of Avon
Rubber p.l.c is treated as being interested in all shares acquired by the ESOT.
The Executive Directors of Avon Rubber p.l.c are Steve Willcox, Terry Stead,
Steve Stone, Roger Hunt , Lee Richards and Detlev Bartels.

Following the above transaction, the ESOT holds an aggregate of 650,000 ordinary
shares in the Company.



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