© Rolls-Royce Group plc 2004
Legal information
| Financial calendar | |
| Ex entitlement to B Shares | |
| (Ex dividend date for final dividend) 1 | March 10, 2004 |
| Calculation period for conversion share value for B Shares | |
| (scrip dividend) 1 | March 10-16, 2004 |
| Record (qualifying) date for entitlement to B Shares | |
| (final dividend) 1 | March 12, 2004 |
| Annual General Meeting, The Scottish Exhibition and | |
| Conference Centre, Glasgow G3 8YW | 11am May 5, 2004 |
| Latest time and date for receipt of completed | |
| Redemption/Conversion Forms for B Shares | |
| (new scrip dividend instructions) 1 | 5pm June 18, 2004 |
| Despatch of cheques/ordinary share certificates/ | |
| B Share certificates following redemption/conversion of B Shares | |
| (payment of final dividend) 1 | July 5, 2004 |
| Press advertisement of 2004 interim results 2 | July 30, 2004 |
| Ex entitlement to B Shares | |
| (Ex dividend date for interim dividend) 1 | October 13, 2004 |
| Calculation period for conversion share value for B Shares | |
| (scrip dividend) 1 | October 13-19, 2004 |
| Record (qualifying) date for entitlement to B Shares | |
| (interim dividend) 1 | October 15, 2004 |
| Lastest time and date for receipt of completed | |
| Redemption/Conversion Forms for B Shares | |
| (receipt of new scrip dividend instructions) 1 | 5pm December 10, 2004 |
| Financial year end | December 31, 2004 |
| Despatch of cheques/ordinary share certificates/ | |
| B Share certificates following redemption/conversion of B Shares | |
| (payment of interim dividend) 1 | January 4, 2005 |
| Press advertisement of 2004 preliminary results 2 | February, 2005 |
| 2004 Annual Report published | March, 2005 |
1 The Company will announce on February 12, 2004 that it is, subject to shareholder approval at the Annual General Meeting on May 5, 2004, proposing to change the arrangements for making payments to shareholders by issuing redeemable convertible B Shares instead of paying dividends. If the relevant resolution is passed at the Annual General Meeting the references to dividends should be ignored. If the resolution is not passed the references to B Shares should be ignored. |
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| 2 Preliminary and interim results are notified by press advertisements only. | |
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| Analysis of ordinary shareholders at December 31, 2003 |
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| Number of shares | Number of shareholders | % of total shareholders | % of total shares |
| 1 – 150 | 118,573 | 37.18 | 0.90 |
| 151 – 500 | 154,244 | 48.37 | 2.45 |
| 501 – 10,000 | 43,914 | 13.77 | 4.75 |
| 10,001 – 100,000 | 1,494 | 0.47 | 2.27 |
| 100,001 – 1,000,000 | 497 | 0.16 | 10.07 |
| 1,000,001 and over | 169 | 0.05 | 79.56 |
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318,891 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
Shareholder information
If you have any queries on the following:i) Transfer of shares
ii) Change of name or address
iii) Lost share certificates
iv) Lost or out of date dividend cheques
v) Death of a registered holder of shares
vi) Any other query relating to
Computershare Investor Services PLC
PO Box 82
The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road
Bristol, BS99 7NH
Helpline: 0870 702 0111
The Company operates a free-of-charge service for consolidating the individual shareholdings of immediate members of a family. Please ask the Registrar for details if you are interested.
Low cost share dealing
Details of the low cost dealing service in the Company’s shares may be obtained from Hoare Govett Corporate Finance Limited (telephone 020 7678 8000). Hoare Govett Corporate Finance Limited is a member of the Securities and Futures Authority.You can obtain the current market price of the Company’s shares by viewing teletext or similar services.
Electronic communications/Proxy voting
This year the Company introduced electronic shareholder communications and electronic proxy voting. If you would like to receive future shareholder documentation electronically or wish to appoint a proxy electronically for this year’s Annual General Meeting, please log onto the Investors section of the Group’s website at www.rolls-royce.com to register.Internet
The Annual Report, Company announcements and other information are available on the Group’s website at www.rolls-royce.com.