ARC Energy Trust confirms March 15, 2007 cash distribution amount

CALGARY, Feb. 16 /CNW/ - (AET.UN and ARX - TSX) ARC Energy Trust (the
"Trust") confirms that the cash distribution to be paid on March 15, 2007, in
respect of February 2007 production, for unitholders of record on February 28,
2007, will be $0.20 per trust unit. The ex-distribution date is February 26,
2007.
As at February 16, 2007, the Trust's trailing twelve-month cash
distributions, including the February 15, 2007 payment, total $2.40 per trust
unit.
As ARC unitholders are well aware, the Conservative government has
proposed punitive new taxes for the trust sector, which has had a significant
negative impact on ARC's unit price and has affected every unitholder of the
Trust. Up until now, the opposition to this tax has been carried out by the
Canadian Association of Income Funds ("CAIF") and the Coalition of Canadian
Energy Trusts ("CCET"). What has been missing is an advocacy group for
individual investors. This has now changed with the formation of the Canadian
Association of Income Trust Investors ("CAITI"). CAITI is a stand alone group
dedicated to getting the voices of individual investors heard. ARC encourages
investors to log on to the CAITI website (www.caiti.info ) and sign on as a
member. Membership in CAITI is free although there is an option to pay a
$30 annual membership fee if you so choose. To become a member, log on to the
CAITI website and click on "Join Us" registering as an Income Trust Investor,
or call 1-877-494-3430. Your voice is important - please make sure it is
heard.

ARC Energy Trust is one of Canada's largest conventional oil and gas
royalty trusts with an enterprise value of approximately $5.4 billion. In
2007, the Trust expects to produce approximately 63,000 barrels of oil
equivalent per day from five core areas in western Canada. ARC Energy Trust
units trade on the TSX under the symbol AET.UN and ARC Resources exchangeable
shares trade under the symbol ARX.

Note: Barrels of oil equivalent (boe) may be misleading, particularly if
used in isolation. In accordance with NI 51-101, a boe conversion ratio for
natural gas of 6 mcf:1 bbl has been used, which is based on an energy
equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does
not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead.

Contained in this news release is forward-looking information. The reader
is cautioned that assumptions used in the preparations of such information,
particularly those pertaining to cash distributions, production levels,
operating costs and drilling results, although considered reasonable by the
Trust at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect. A number of
factors, including, but not limited to: commodity prices, reservoir
performance, weather, drilling performance and industry conditions, may cause
the actual results achieved to vary from projections, anticipated results or
other information provided herein and the variations may be material.
Consequently, there is no representation by the Trust that actual results
achieved will be the same in whole or in part as those presented herein.

ARC RESOURCES LTD.

John P. Dielwart,
President and Chief Executive Officer