Commencement of Chief Executive Officer succession process

ARM today announced the restructuring of its Board of Directors with the commencement of the process to identify a successor for the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Andre Wilkens. This process is expected to be completed in February 2012. It is the intention of the Company that the incoming CEO will work with Mr. Wilkens for a period of six months as part of a hand over process. Following the appointment of the new CEO, Mr. Wilkens will continue to serve on the ARM Board of Directors as an Executive Director in the Executive Chairman’s office.

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Jongisa Klaas
Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Development
Office: +27 11 779 1507
Email: jongisa.klaas@arm.co.za

Sandton
28 February 2011

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