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News Release Stock Split Approved at ARM Holdings plc AGM London, UK - 20 April 1999 - At the AGM held today, shareholders resolved to sub-divide the company's ordinary shares of 1p each into four new ordinary shares of 0.25p each. At the same time, each of the company's American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") will also be sub-divided into four new ADSs. Dealings in the new ordinary shares and the new ADSs are expected to commence on 21 April 1999. Source: ICV Edited News - ends - About ARM ARM, a leading intellectual property (IP) provider, licenses high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC proces sors, peripherals, and system-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a com plete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming the volume RISC s tandard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multi-m edia digital consumer and embedded solutions. ARM serves its growing partnershi p base from offices in Cambridge and Maidenhead, UK; Los Gatos, California; Aust in, Texas; Seattle, Washington; Westborough, MA, USA; Paris, France; Munich, Ger many; Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, Korea. More information on ARM is available athttp://www.arm.com. ARM, Thumb, StrongARM and ARM Powered are registe red trademarks of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the proper ty of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and NASDAQ: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and th e regional subsidiaries ARM, INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd. Investor Relations Contact Angela Au Tel: +44 (0) 1223 40 0500 Email:Angela.Au@arm.com