Message to  sHAreHolders our structure may have changed but our  business strategy  focused on risk-managed  value creation has not. Arc resources ltd. (“Arc”) ended 2010 with exceptional business results  marking both the end of our company’s term as a royalty trust and our  beginning as a corporation. on January 1, 2011, Arc completed the conversion  of its structure to a dividend-paying corporation to accommodate the federal  government’s sift tax legislation. We will reiterate what we have said many  times during the past few years – our structure may have changed but our  business strategy, focused on risk-managed value creation, has not. As we close  the chapter of being structured as an income trust, the look-back is excellent.  Arc has achieved a 19 per cent average annual return since its inception in  1996 and has paid out a total of $3.9 billion to our investors. We have grown  absolute production since inception from 9,500 boe per day to an exit rate of  84,000 boe per day in 2010 through a combination of acquisitions and more  recently, organic growth. More importantly, we have grown our debt and  distribution adjusted reserves and production per unit by 9.7 per cent per year  and 9.1 per cent per year, respectively, since 1996. We have grown from an  enterprise value of $200 million in 1996 to an $8 billion entity today to become one  of canada’s 60 largest, publicly traded corporations. We believe the consistent  execution of our risk-managed value creation business plan has contributed to  our investors’ understanding and trusting our business strategy. We expect to  continue to balance dividend payments with growth when appropriate as we  manage our business in upcoming years.  The highlights of 2010 were ARC’s excellent operational results and a 16 per cent year-over-year growth  in production.ARC has added value in every aspect of our business in 2010 – our revenues, cash flow, net  income and production all increased over the prior year.Due to drilling success using horizontal drilling with  multi-stage fracturing technology we continued to solidify our asset base through strategic acquisitions  in areas where ARC already has operational expertise and demonstrated success. We added assets in  the Montney formation in the greater Dawson area through our acquisition of Storm Exploration Inc.  (“Storm”) in August 2010 and by purchasing the Attachie property through crown land sales.We also  added to our assets in Ante Creek and in Pembina. ARC is in the enviable position of being able to  grow our business over the next three to five years through internally generated opportunities. On a  purely economic basis, 2010 was an improvement over the previous year as oil prices were buoyed  by an improving economy. Specifically, the WTI oil price averaged US $79.55 per barrel, a sizeable  increase over US$61.93 WTI price in 2009. Countering this were natural gas prices, which remained  effectively unchanged as they averaged $4.12 per mcf in 2010 compared to $4.13 per mcf in 2009.  ARC’s 2010 cash flow from operating activities increased 21 per cent over 2009 to $2.55 per share from $2.11 per share, reflecting the strong growth in production and higher oil prices. ARC’s risk management  strategies of diversifying our resource base by investing in both oil and natural gas properties, limiting  the amount of debt and hedging a portion of cash flow position the company to financially fund future,  value-adding capital expenditures. ARC added significant new reserves in 2010 through its low-cost development program as well as strategic  asset purchases in our key areas. Our proved reserves increased by 25 per cent in 2010 to 336 mmboe  and proved plus probable (“P+P”) reserves increased 29 per cent to 487 mmboe compared to 2009. P+P  finding and development costs (“F&D”), excluding future development capital (“FDC”) were $6.47 per boe  ($11.60 per boe including FDC). Including acquisitions, ARC replaced 502 per cent of annual production  at an all-in P+P finding, development and acquisition costs (“FD&A”) before FDC of $9.21 per boe  ($14.23 per boe including FDC). ARC was also able to increase its P+P reserve life index from 14.5 years to  15.2 years, which speaks to the quality and future development opportunities that exist on our asset base.  ARC ResouRCes 10 9 AnnuAl  report