Delisting of Arriva plc Shares

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION

For immediate release

Recommended Acquisition of Arriva plc by DB UK Holding Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG)

Delisting of Arriva plc Shares

Following an application by Arriva plc ("Arriva") to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange, the admission of the Arriva Shares to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities in each case has been cancelled with effect from 8.00 a.m. today.

Terms and expressions in this announcement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings as given to them in the Scheme Document dated 18 May 2010.

This announcement will be made available on the Arriva website at www.arriva.co.uk.

Enquiries

Arriva - 0191 520 4000

David Martin, Chief Executive

Steve Lonsdale, Group Finance Director

Simon Craven, Director - Communications

Rothschild (financial adviser to Arriva) - 020 7280 5000

Avi Goldberg

Crispin Wright

Deutsche Bank (financial adviser and corporate broker to Arriva) - 020 7545 8000

Omar Faruqui

Eduard Van Wyk

James Agnew (corporate broking)

Toby Clark (corporate broking)

RBS Hoare Govett (corporate broker to Arriva) - 020 7678 8000

Nick Adams

Luke Simpson

Tulchan Communications (public relations adviser to Arriva) - 020 7353 4200

Stephen Malthouse

Important Notices

N. M. Rothschild & Sons Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FSA, is acting as financial adviser to Arriva and no one else in connection with the matters described in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Arriva for providing the protections afforded to clients of N. M. Rothschild & Sons Limited, nor for providing advice in relation to the matters described in this announcement.

Deutsche Bank AG is authorised under German Banking Law (competent authority: BaFin - Federal Financial Supervisory Authority) and authorised and subject to limited regulation by the FSA. Details about the extent of Deutsche Bank AG's authorisation and regulation by the FSA are available on request. Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch is acting as financial adviser and corporate broker to Arriva and for no one else in connection with the matters described in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Arriva for providing the protections afforded to clients of Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, nor for providing advice in relation to the matters described in this announcement.

RBS Hoare Govett Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FSA, is acting as corporate broker to Arriva and no one else in connection with the matters described in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Arriva for providing the protections afforded to clients of RBS Hoare Govett Limited, nor for providing advice in relation to the matters described in this announcement.

This announcement is not intended to, and does not constitute, or form part of, an offer to sell or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction. Shareholders of Arriva are advised to read carefully the formal documentation in relation to the Acquisition. The proposals of the Acquisition have been made solely through the Scheme Document dated 18 May 2010, which contains the full terms and conditions of the Scheme, including details of how to vote with respect to the Scheme. Any response to the proposals should be made only on the basis of the information in the Scheme Document.

This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with English law and the City Code on Takeover and Mergers and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside of England.

Information for overseas shareholders

The information contained in this announcement and the Scheme Document may not be the same as that required under the laws of jurisdictions outside England and Wales. The distribution of this announcement and the Scheme Document in jurisdictions other than England and Wales may be restricted by law and therefore persons into whose possession this announcement and the Scheme Document comes should inform themselves about and observe such restrictions. Any failure to comply with the restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.