Appointment of New Director

4 June 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARM HOLDINGS PLC - APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR

ARM Holdings plc is very pleased to announce the forthcoming appointment of Eric Meurice as an independent non-executive director. He will join the board on 1 July 2013.

Eric Meurice has been President and Chief Executive Officer of ASML Holding NV (a leading provider of manufacturing equipment and technology to the semiconductor industry) since 1 October 2004. He will step down as of 30 June 2013 and will remain as Chairman of ASML Holding NV until 31 March 2014. Prior to joining ASML, he was Executive Vice President of Thomson Television Worldwide, where he completed the merger of his division with TCL Corporation, a leading Chinese consumer electronics company. Before 2001, Mr. Meurice served as head of Dell Computers' Western, Eastern Europe and EMEA emerging market businesses. He also gained extensive technology experience in the semiconductor industry between 1984 and 1994, first at Intel, in the micro-controller group, and then at ITT Semiconductors Group, a leader then in digital video and audio DSP integrated circuits.

Mr. Meurice earned a Master's degree in mechanics and energy generation (1979) at the Ecole Centrale de Paris, a Master's degree in Economics (1979) from la Sorbonne University, Paris and an MBA (1984) from Stanford University, California.

There are no disclosures pursuant to paragraphs 9.6.13(1) to 9.6.13(6) of the Listing Rules in relation to this appointment.

Sir John Buchanan, Chairman, said:

"We are delighted to welcome Eric Meurice to the ARM board as an independent non-executive director and look forward to the benefit of his highly relevant semiconductor industry experience. His appointment is part of our planned and continuing evolution of the board."

CONTACTS:

Sarah West/Eilis Murphy Ian Thornton/Jonathan Lawton

Brunswick ARM Holdings plc

+44 (0)207 404 5959 +44 (0)1628 427800

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