Director/PDMR Shareholding

ARC International plc
                  

Notification of transactions of directors

9, August 2005

ARC International plc ("the Company")

On 26 February 2004 the Company awarded Carl Schlachte 1,500,000 restricted
Ordinary Shares subject to certain performance criteria. In addition, on 6
August 2004, the Company awarded Peter van Cuylenburg 1,000,000 share options,
625,000 of which were subject to the same performance criteria.

The performance criteria in relation to the first tranche of those restricted
Ordinary Shares and share options outlined above has now been met and
accordingly the Company has released 375,000 Ordinary Shares to Carl Schlachte
and 156,250 Ordinary Shares to Peter van Cuylenburg.

A notice has today been received that Carl Schlachte has today sold 213,636
Ordinary Shares, representing 0.144% of the issued share capital, at a price of
35.5p.

Following this disposal, Carl Schlachte now holds 161,364 Ordinary Shares
representing 0.109% of the issued share capital. Following the issue of the
shares to Peter van Cuylenburg, he now holds 656,250 Ordinary Shares
representing 0.422% of the issued share capital.

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