3rd Mar 2010 12:09
RNS Number : 0121I
ARM Holdings PLC
03 March 2010
LETTER TO: ARM Holdings plc
DATED: 22 February 2010
Enclosed is a Directive Transparency Report dated 19 February 2010
Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII") is the parent company, of five companies that serve as investment managers to various Institutional clients around the globe: Capital Guardian Trust Company in the U.S.; Capital International, Inc. in the U.S. and Singapore; Capital International Limited in the United Kingdom; Capital International Sarl in Switzerland; Capital International K.K. in Japan, Neither CGII nor any of its subsidiaries own shares of ARM Holdings plc for their own account. Rather, the shares reported in this disclosure are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above. For a description of our organization, please visit our web site at www.capgroup.com.
For the purpose of this Report; 1,308,768,877 shares was the total voting rights used to calculate the percentage of holdings. We believe this figure current; however, if this number is not accurate, please contact us as soon as possible so that we may revise this Report.
LETTER FROM: Capital Group International, Inc.
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:
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ARM Holdings plc
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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X
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
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Capital Group International, Inc.
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
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19 February 2010
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6. Date on which issuer notified:
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22 February 2010
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
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5%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of
shares
if possible using
the ISIN CODE
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Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Number
of
Shares
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Number
of
Voting
Rights
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Number
of shares
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Number of voting
rights
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% of voting rights
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Indirect
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Direct
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Indirect
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Direct
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Indirect
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Ordinary Shares (GB0000595859)
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65,226,186 2,236 |
65,226,186 6,708 |
66,762,886 2,236 |
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66,762,886 6,708 |
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5.1012% 0.0005% |
ADRs (US0420681068)
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial
instrument
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Expiration
date
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Exercise/
Conversion
Period
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Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
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% of voting
rights
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n/a
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial
instrument
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Exercise
price
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Expiration
date
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Exercise/
Conversion
period
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Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to
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% of voting rights
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Nominal
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Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights
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Percentage of voting rights
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66,769,594
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5.1017%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name:
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JOANNE O'SULLIVAN
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15. Contact telephone number:
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0044 1223 406122
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As of 19 February 2010
ARM Holdings plc
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Number of
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Percentage of
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Shares
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Outstanding
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Capital Group International, Inc. (“CGU”) holdings
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66,769,594
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5.102%
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Holdings by CGII Management Companies and Funds
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Capital Guardian Trust Company
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47,435,858
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3.624%
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Capital International Limited
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8,889,580
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0.679%
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Capital International Sarl
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5,030,064
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0.384%
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Capital International, Inc.
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5,414,092
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0.414%
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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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