Director Shareholding-Amend

Avon Rubber PLC 12 February 2002 The Issuer has the amended the 'Director Shareholding' announcement released on 6 February 2002 at 16:52 under RNS Number 0850R. Box 3 should read 'Shareholder Named in 2' Box 4 should read 'FERLIM CREST A/C B32923C and not 'General PEP' as originally stated. All other details remain unchanged. The full corrected announcement appears below. DEALINGS BY DIRECTORS 1) NAME OF COMPANY AVON RUBBER P.L.C. 2) NAME OF DIRECTOR MR T.C. BONNER 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 or in respect of an non-beneficial interest SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. (If notified) FERLIM CREST A/C B32923C 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) AS IN 2 ABOVE 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary STRAIGHT PURCHASE 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 5000 8) (0.017%) of issued Class 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed - 10) ( N/A %) of issued Class - 11) Class of security £1 ORDINARY 12) Price per share 99.4P 13) Date of transaction 6/2/02 14) Date company informed 6/2/02 15) Total holding following this notification 7500 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.026% IF A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN GRANTED OPTIONS BY THE COMPANY PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING BOXES 17) Date of grant 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number. 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries C.L. MARTIN 01225 861150 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 12.2.2002 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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