Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company 

    LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2003--

ARC International PLC ("the Company")

Notification of Interest(s) in Shares Under Section 198 Companies Act 1985

The Company received a notification today from AXA Investment Managers
UK Limited on behalf of AXA S.A. and its Group Companies, informing it
that as at 29 August 2003 they had an interest in 27,375,967 ordinary
shares representing 19.00% of the issued ordinary share capital of the
Company.

1 September 2003


   Short Name: Arc Intl PLC
   Category Code: HOL
   Sequence Number: 00009126
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030901T173902+0100