Tender Offer

Tender Offer 

    LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2003--

ARC International PLC ("the Company")

Tender Offer Documentation

Copies of the above document which was posted to shareholders on 8 May
2003 have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly
be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel. No. [phone]

For further information, please contact:

ARC International PLC
Charles Rendell
Tel: [phone]
9 May 2003

   Short Name: Arc Intl PLC
   Category Code: TEN
   Sequence Number: 00004695
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030509T181654+0100