RNS Number:5205T
Arriva PLC
19 December 2003

19 December 2003

                                   Arriva plc

                       Repurchase of shares in Arriva plc

Arriva plc announces that on 19 December 2003, it purchased for cancellation
750,000 ordinary shares of Arriva plc at a price of 374 pence per share.


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