Board Changes

17 January 2011

ARM HOLDINGS PLC -BOARD CHANGES

ARM Holdings plc is very pleased to announce the forthcoming appointment of three new independent non-executive directors. Janice Roberts and Larry Hirst will join the board on 25 January 2011 and Andy Green will join the board on 25 February 2011.

Janice Roberts has been a Managing Director at Mayfield Fund since 2000, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm with approximately $3 billion under management, where she focuses on the mobile, wireless, communications and consumer technology industries. Prior to that, she held various executive positions at 3Com Corporation including President Palm Computing, President 3Com Ventures and Senior Vice President, Business Development and Global Marketing. She is a director of several private technology companies and RealNetworks, Inc. She will serve on the Audit Committee.

Larry Hirst, CBE is the former Chairman of IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa. He retired from IBM in 2010 having previously held a wide range of senior positions since joining the company in 1977. He is also a Commissioner at the UK Government's Commission for Employment and Skills and Chairman of the UK Trade and Investment Executive Board, responsible for driving the UK's trade and investment objectives in the telecoms and IT sectors. He is a non-executive director of MITIE Group plc. He will serve on the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Andy Green has been CEO of Logica plc, a £3.7 billion business and technology service company employing 39,000 people, since 2008. He is a former CEO of BT Global Services and a former CEO of Group Strategy and Operations at BT plc and was CEO of BT Openworld. He is Chair of e-Skills UK (the UK Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology), is on the board and the President's Committee of the CBI and is a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He will serve on the Remuneration Committee. 

There are no further disclosures pursuant to paragraphs 9.6.13(1) to 9.6.13(6) of the Listing Rules in relation to each of the new directors.

The company also announces with much regret that Jeremy Scudamore intends to retire from the board with effect from 31 January 2011 for health reasons. Kathleen O'Donovan, who has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since 2006, will take over Mr Scudamore's role as Senior Independent Director.

Doug Dunn, Chairman, said:

"I am delighted to welcome Janice Roberts, Larry Hirst and Andy Green to the ARM board and look forward to the benefit of their highly relevant industry experience. These appointments complete our exercise to refresh the independent non-executive director representation on the board and provide succession for John Scarisbrick who, as previously announced, will be retiring at the AGM on 14 May 2011 having been a director since 2001. I would also like to take this opportunity of thanking Jeremy Scudamore on behalf of the board for the respected counsel and incisive contribution he has made as an independent non-executive director and Senior Independent Director of ARM over the past 6 years and to wish him well for the future."

ENDS