Director/PDMR Shareholding

ARC International plc
                  

ARC International plc

30 September 2008

ARC International plc (the "Company")

Notification of Transactions of Directors

On 29 September 2008, the Company granted the following share options over 0.1p
Ordinary Shares with an exercise price of 0.1p under the Performance Share Plan:

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Name            Position         Number of        Total options   Total options
                                  options granted  following this  granted as %
                                                   grant           of issued
                                                                   share capital
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Carl Schlachte  Chief Executive
                 Officer         400,000          3,536,842       2.32
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Victor Young    Chief Financial
                 Officer         200,000          1,905,263       1.25
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Under the terms of the Performance Share Plan, the options can be exercised
after 3 years subject to certain performance criteria.

Contact:

Charles Rendell

ARC International 01727 891400