9 December 2016

Grant of Awards - Employee Share Plans

Avon Rubber p.l.c. ('the Company')

Announcement of transaction in ordinary shares of £1 each (the 'Shares')

The Company announces that on 8 December 2016 conditional awards over shares ('PSP Awards') were granted under the 2010 Performance Share Plan to Directors of the Company and persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs'), as listed below.

The PSP Awards are subject to performance criteria and the performance period applicable is 1 October 2016 to 30 September 2019.

The number of shares placed under award and the start price against which the Total Shareholder Return performance target will be measured over the 3 year performance period is the average price of the Company's shares over the 5 days following announcement of the Company's annual results for the year ended 30 September 2015, which was 1053.4 pence. The awards are also subject to an earnings per share performance target. Full details of the PSP scheme are disclosed in the Company's Remuneration Report.

Name of Director/PDMR

Number of PSP Awards

Rob Rennie

31,327

Miles Ingrey-Counter

12,759

Paul McDonald

14,809

The information contained in the below notification is disclosed in accordance with the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMR).

Details of PDMR

Name

Rob Rennie

Position / status

CEO

Initial notification /

amendment

Initial notification

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

Description of the

financial instrument

and ISIN Code

Ordinary £1 shares in Avon Rubber p.l.c.

GB0000667013

Nature of the

transaction

Grant of joint ownership awards and nil cost options subject to performance criteria, measured over a three year performance period.

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

GBP 0.00

31,327 conditional share awards

Aggregated

information

Aggregated volume

Price

GBP 0.00

31,327 conditional share awards

Date of the

transaction

2016-12-08

Place of the

transaction

N/A

Details of PDMR

Name

Miles Ingrey-Counter

Position / status

Company Secretary and Group Counsel

Initial notification /

amendment

Initial notification

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

Description of the

financial instrument

and ISIN Code

Ordinary £1 shares in Avon Rubber p.l.c.

GB0000667013

Nature of the

transaction

Grant of joint ownership awards and nil cost options subject to performance criteria, measured over a three year performance period.

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

GBP 0.00

12,759 conditional share awards

Aggregated

information

Aggregated volume

Price

GBP 0.00

12,759 conditional share awards

Date of the

transaction

2016-12-08

Place of the

transaction

N/A

Details of PDMR

Name

Paul McDonald

Position / status

Head of Dairy Division

Initial notification /

amendment

Initial notification

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

Description of the

financial instrument

and ISIN Code

Ordinary £1 shares in Avon Rubber p.l.c.

GB0000667013

Nature of the

transaction

Grant of joint ownership awards and nil cost options subject to performance criteria, measured over a three year performance period.

Price(s) and

volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

GBP 0.00

14,809 conditional share awards

Aggregated

information

Aggregated volume

Price

GBP 0.00

14,809 conditional share awards

Date of the

transaction

2016-12-08

Place of the

transaction

N/A

Contact Information:

Rob Rennie, Chief Executive

01225 896870

Paul Rayner, Interim Group Finance Director

Miles Ingrey-Counter, Company Secretary

01225 896830

01225 896850

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