Holding(s) in Company

ARC International plc -0- *T ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ARC International Plc 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Reason for notification (yes/no) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- YES An acquisition or disposal of voting rights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- An event changing the breakdown of voting rights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Other (please specify):______________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- Gartmore Investment Limited 3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation: ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- Gartmore Fund Managers Ltd A/C Gartmore UK & Irish 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3): Smaller Companies - 5.173% Gartmore Fledgling Trust PLC - 2.463% Gartmore Growth Opportunities PLC - 1.349% Gartmore Smaller Companies Trust PLC - 2.093% Strathclyde Pension Fund - 3.934% ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- 02/08/2007 5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- 09/08/2007 6. Date on which issuer notified: ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- 15% 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8: Notified Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A: Voting rights attached to shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Class/type of Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction shares triggering transaction If possible use ISIN code ---------------- --------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights Percentage of voting shares voting shares rights rights ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- Direct Indirect Direct Indirect ---------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GB000964548 22,102,801 22,102,801 22,852,801 0 22,852,801 15.012% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B: Financial Instruments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Resulting situation after the triggering transaction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- -------------------- --------------------- -------------------------- -------------------- Type of financial Expiration date Exercise/ No. of voting rights Percentage of instrument conversion that may be acquired (if voting rights period/date the instrument exercised/converted) ----------------------- -------------------- --------------------- -------------------------- -------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- --------------------- -------------------------- -------------------- ----------------------- -------------------- --------------------- -------------------------- -------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total (A+B) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- 22,852,801 15.012% ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proxy Voting: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- 10. Name of proxy holder: ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- 13. Additional information: All Shares are held indirectly All figures are based on the Company's issued share capital of 152,226,361 as provided by Exshare ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- 14 Contact name: Charles Rendell ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- 15. Contact telephone name: 01727 891430 ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- *T
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