Transfer of Treasury Shares

ARM Holdings PLC

February 4, 2010

ARM Holdings plc ("the Company") announces that on February 3, 2010  the following ordinary shares have been transferred from treasury stock for the purposes of employees' share scheme allotments:

6600 Ordinary shares 19 pence per share

60,000 Ordinary shares at 22 pence per share

10,000 Ordinary shares at 24 pence per share

112,390 Ordinary shares at 38 pence per share

43,870 Ordinary shares at 47 pence per share

176,635 Ordinary shares at 50 pence per share

15,000 Ordinary shares at 55 pence per share

5000 Ordinary shares at 56 pence per share

15,000 Ordinary shares at 60 pence per share

88,997 Ordinary shares at 70 pence per share

35,750 Ordinary shares at 104.25pence per share

1,821,093 Ordinary shares at 105.5 pence per share

15,000 Ordinary shares at 105.75 pence per share

10,000 Ordinary shares at 113.50 pence per share

2500 Ordinary shares at 118.50 pence per share

5750 Ordinary shares at 118.75 pence per share

1,568,189 Ordinary shares at 125 pence per share

1,480,571 Ordinary shares at 132.50 pence per share

3750 Ordinary shares at 136 pence per share

Following the above transfers of treasury stock, the Company held 54,837,379 Ordinary shares as treasury shares. The total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held as treasury shares) was 1,289,218,317.

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