Director/PDMR Shareholding

ARC International plc
                  

ARC International plc (the "Company")

      Notification of Transactions of Directors and Persons with Management
                                 Responsibility

On 24 September 2008, the Company was notified of the following purchases of
0.1p

Ordinary Shares in the Company on that day:

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Name            Position         Number purchased Price paid   Balance after   % shareholding
                                                   per share    purchase
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Richard         Chairman
 Barfield                        10,000           19p          10,000          0.01%
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Carl Schlachte  Chief Executive
                 Officer         71,000           19p          752,364         0.49%
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Thomas Huppuch  General Counsel  40,000           19p          67,000          0.04%
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Contact:

Charles Rendell

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