12th May 2011 16:55
For immediate release 12 May 2011
ARM HOLDINGS PLC
AGM
Cambridge, UK, 12 May 2011 - ARM Holdings plc [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)] announces that the Annual General Meeting of the Company was held today at which the following announcement was made by the Chairman:
"I have been proud to be Chairman of ARM since October 2006 and a non-executive director since 1998. It has been a long and happy association with the Company. However, in the interests of orderly succession planning, I am informing shareholders today that I have decided to step down as Chairman no later than the AGM in 2012. The recruitment of my successor as Chairman will be led by Kathleen O'Donovan (our Senior Independent Director) and the Nomination Committee. I will assist with the handover of responsibilities to the new Chairman when he or she is appointed and will continue as Chairman until such handover is complete."
In addition, as previously announced, John Scarisbrick retired from the Board, having been a non-executive director since 2001.
All resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting were duly passed on a poll. The voting on each resolution was as follows:
VOTESFOR | % | VOTES AGAINST | % | VOTESTOTAL | % of ISC VOTED | VOTES WITHHELD | |
1 | 944,108,817 | 99.97 | 251,548 | 0.03 | 944,360,365 | 70.16% | 2,695,294 |
2 | 946,398,903 | 99.98 | 151,789 | 0.02 | 946,550,692 | 70.32% | 504,967 |
3 | 920,876,665 | 98.34 | 15,516,893 | 1.66 | 936,393,558 | 69.57% | 10,662,101 |
4 | 930,337,588 | 98.29 | 16,212,609 | 1.71 | 946,550,197 | 70.32% | 505,462 |
5 | 940,546,201 | 99.37 | 6,003,756 | 0.63 | 946,549,957 | 70.32% | 505,702 |
6 | 940,448,782 | 99.36 | 6,099,277 | 0.64 | 946,548,059 | 70.32% | 507,600 |
7 | 933,382,166 | 98.60 | 13,222,105 | 1.40 | 946,604,271 | 70.33% | 481,388 |
8 | 933,274,048 | 98.59 | 13,307,732 | 1.41 | 946,581,780 | 70.33% | 473,879 |
9 | 932,867,874 | 98.55 | 13,712,937 | 1.45 | 946,580,811 | 70.33% | 474,848 |
10 | 933,001,469 | 98.57 | 13,581,033 | 1.43 | 946,582,502 | 70.33% | 473,157 |
11 | 932,849,531 | 98.55 | 13,733,925 | 1.45 | 946,583,456 | 70.33% | 472,203 |
12 | 934,319,053 | 98.81 | 11,213,718 | 1.19 | 945,532,771 | 70.25% | 1,522,888 |
13 | 940,008,989 | 99.31 | 6,577,801 | 0.69 | 946,586,790 | 70.33% | 468,869 |
14 | 930,816,870 | 98.33 | 15,766,023 | 1.67 | 946,582,893 | 70.33% | 472,766 |
15 | 932,311,922 | 98.49 | 14,273,902 | 1.51 | 946,585,824 | 70.33% | 469,835 |
16 | 940,418,789 | 99.35 | 6,162,930 | 0.65 | 946,581,719 | 70.33% | 473,940 |
17 | 935,312,157 | 98.80 | 11,331,507 | 1.20 | 946,643,664 | 70.33% | 411,995 |
18 | 932,039,509 | 98.48 | 14,353,247 | 1.52 | 946,392,756 | 70.31% | 662,903 |
19 | 838,149,877 | 88.74 | 106,402,976 | 11.26 | 944,552,853 | 70.18% | 2,502,806 |
20 | 941,267,504 | 99.44 | 5,260,702 | 0.56 | 946,528,206 | 70.32% | 527,453 |
21 | 945,936,706 | 99.91 | 891,345 | 0.09 | 946,828,051 | 70.35% | 227,608 |
22 | 826,039,251 | 87.26 | 120,588,435 | 12.74 | 946,627,686 | 70.33% | 427,973 |
The presentation will be available today on the Company's website www.arm.com and an audiocast of the proceedings will be available from 6pm 12 May 2011.
CONTACTS:
Tim Score/Ian Thornton
ARM Holdings plc
+44 (0) 1628 427800
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