Arm Holdings plc - FORM 6-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For May 2011 Commission File Number: 000-29644 ARM HOLDINGS PLC (Translation - 6-K - October 17, 2011

Arm Holdings plc - Depositary Receipt (Common Stock)

6-K 1 dp26741_6k.htm FORM 6-K

FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


Report of Foreign Private Issuer


Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For May 2011

Commission File Number: 000-29644

ARM HOLDINGS PLC

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

110 Fulbourn Road
Cambridge  CB1 4NJ
England

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
 
Form 20-F       X       Form 40-F _____

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):            

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):            

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes                    No       X     

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- _____
 
 
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ARM HOLDINGS PLC


INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Item
 
1.
Press release dated May 3, 2011 – PDMRs' shareholdings
2.
Press release dated May 3, 2011 – Total Voting Rights
3.
Press release dated May 10, 2011 – Directors'/PDMRs' shareholding
4.
Press release dated May 12, 2011 – Result of AGM
5.
Press release dated May 17, 2011 – Analyst And Investor Day
6.
Press release dated May 26, 2011 – Directors'/PDMRs' shareholding
 
 
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Signatures



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
ARM HOLDINGS PLC.
 
       
Date: October 17, 2011
By:
/s/ Tim Score  
   
Name: Tim Score
 
   
Title: Chief Financial Officer
 
       
 
 
 
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Item 1

Announcement of dealings by PDMRs

ARM Holdings plc (the "Company") announces that Ian Drew, who is a PDMR of the Company, sold 50,000 shares on 28 April 2011 at a price of 618.63 pence per share.  His current total resultant shareholding is 84,870 shares.  On the same date, Antonio Viana, who is a PDMR of the Company sold 16,500 shares in the form of 5,500 ADRs traded on NASDAQ, at a price of US$31.27 per ADR.  His total resultant shareholding is nil shares.
 
 
 
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Item 2

ARM Holdings plc - Voting Rights and Capital

In conformity with the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6 we would like to notify the market of the following:

ARM Holdings plc's capital as at 30th April 2011 consists of 1,345,378,634 shares of .05 pence each with voting rights.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in ARM Holdings plc is 1,345,378,634.

The above figure 1,345,378,634 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for their calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, ARM Holdings plc under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
 
 
 
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Item 3

Announcement of dealings by a Director and a PDMR

ARM Holdings plc (the "Company") announces the following dealings in the Company's shares by a Director and a PDMR as set out in the table below:

Name
Number of share options exercised
 
Option price
(pence)
Number of shares sold
Date
Sale price (pence)
Total resultant shareholding
             
Mike Muller
(Director)
 
2,091
 
335.0
2,091
100,000
100,000
10.05.2011
594.0
596.1
598.5
1,256,298
             
Lance Howarth (PDMR)
621
 
 
335.0
 
 
362
 
 
09.05.2011
 
 
595.5
259
 
 
 
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Item 4

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:

 
VOTES
FOR
%
VOTES AGAINST
%
VOTES
TOTAL
% 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
 
 
 
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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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Item 5

ARM HOLDINGS PLC - ANALYST AND INVESTOR DAY

CAMBRIDGE, UK, 17 May 2011 - ARM Holdings plc will be hosting analyst and investor presentations today in London.

The presentations will cover the following topics:

 
1.           Overview and ARM's 2020 Vision   Tudor Brown, President  
2.           Licensing and Royalty Evolution       Graham Budd , Chief Operating Officer  
3.           ARM Performance Computing    Mike Muller , Chief Technology Officer  
4.           Ecosystem and Software development  James McNiven, VP of Software Alliances  
5.           Q&A   Chaired by Warren East, CEO  
     
     
 
The presentation will be held at The Lincoln Centre, 18 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A, and commences at 10am, with registration from 9:30am.  There will be a simultaneous live audio webcast from the company's website at www.arm.com/ir.

Copies of the presentation and replay of the audio webcast will be available from the website by 5pm BST on 17 May 2011.
 
 
CONTACTS:
   
     
Daniel Thole/Dania Saidam    Tim Score/Ian Thornton  
Brunswick ARM Holdings plc  
+44 (0)207 404 5959      +44 (0)1223 400400  
     
 
About ARM

ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.

ARM is a registered trademarks of ARM Limited. ARM7, ARM9, ARM11, Cortex and Mali are trademarks of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc; its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries: ARM Inc.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan Limited; ARM France SAS; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; ARM Belgium Services
 
 
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BVBA; ARM Germany GmbH; ARM Embedded Technologies Pvt. Ltd.; ARM Norway AS; and ARM Sweden AB.
 
 
 
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Item 6

Announcement of Acquisition of Shares

ARM Holdings plc (the "Company") announces that on 24 May 2011 certain directors and PDMRs acquired shares in the Company through reinvestment of dividends on shares that previously vested under the Long Term Incentive Plan or the Deferred Annual Bonus Plan..

The total holdings of these directors and PDMRs after these transactions are as follows:

Name
Role
Number of shares acquired*
Total number of shares now held
 
Tudor Brown
President
650
933,048
Mike Inglis
EVP & GM Processor Division
775
250,775
Mike Muller
CTO
1,068
1,257,366
Tim Score
CFO
1,024
388,387
Simon Segars
EVP & GM
Physical IP Division
287
265,632
Patricia Alsop
PDMR
119
92,067
Graham Budd
COO/PDMR
629
263,628
John Cornish
PDMR
124
49,319
Ian Drew
PDMR
408
85,278
Bill Parsons
PDMR
16
5,298

*fractions of shares acquired have been excluded for the purposes of this announcement

The price paid for the shares acquired through dividend reinvestment was 559.93 pence per share.

 
 
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