AGM Statement

Arc International PLC
16 May 2001


ARC INTERNATIONAL PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2001


16th May, 2001 - ARC International plc (LSE: ARK), announces that at the

Annual General Meeting of the company held earlier today, all of the

resolutions were passed.


Resolution 13 passed at the Annual General Meeting grants authority from

shareholders to the Directors for the Company to purchase its own shares.

The minimum price payable per Ordinary Share is 0.1p and the maximum price

is 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an Ordinary Share

for the five business days immediately preceding the date of purchase. The

authority can be exercised in respect of a maximum of 13,629,385 Ordinary

Shares. The Directors intend to exercise this power only when, in the light

of market conditions prevailing at the time, they believe that the effect of

such purchases will be to increase earnings per share and is in the best

interest of shareholders generally.



For further information, please contact:

Freida Davidson or Sue Pemberton, Citigate Dewe Rogerson