RNS Number:2234L
Arriva PLC
16 May 2003

16 May 2003



                                   Arriva plc

                       Repurchase of shares in Arriva plc

Arriva plc announces that on 16 May 2003, it purchased for cancellation
2,272,000 ordinary shares of Arriva plc at a price of 329 pence per share.


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