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© Rolls-Royce plc 2005
Legal information

Credits

Annual report and accounts 2004

Shareholder information

 

Internet

The Annual report, Company announcements and other information are available on the Group’s website at www.rolls-royce.com

Financial calendar

Ex entitlement to B Shares	March 9, 2005
Calculation period for Conversion Share Value for B Shares	March 9-15, 2005
Record (qualifying) date for entitlement to B Shares	March 11, 2005
Annual General Meeting,Platinum Conference Suite, ExCel, 1 Western Gateway,Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL	11.30am May 4, 2005
Record (qualifying) date for B Share dividend	June 10, 2005
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Redemption/ Conversion Mandates for B Shares	5pm June 3, 2005
Despatch of cheques/ordinary share certificates/ B Share certificates following redemption/conversion of B Shares	July 4, 2005
Press advertisement of 2005 interim results 1	July 29, 2005
Ex entitlement to B Shares	October 12, 2005
Calculation period for Conversion Share Value for B Shares	October 12-18, 2005
Record (qualifying) date for entitlement to B Shares	October 14, 2005
Record (qualifying) date for B Share dividend	November 25, 2005
Lastest time and date for receipt of completed Redemption/Conversion Mandates for B Shares	5pm December 2, 2005
Financial year end	December 31, 2005
Despatch of cheques/ordinary share certificates/ B Share certificates following redemption/conversion of B Shares	January 4, 2006
Press advertisement of 2005 preliminary results1	February, 2006
2005 Annual report published	March, 2006
1 Preliminary and interim results are notified by press advertisements only.

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iv) Lost or out of date dividend cheques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) B Share distributions

or any other query relating to Rolls-Royce Group plc shares, please write or telephone the Registrar at the following address:

Computershare Investor Services PLC
PO Box 82, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road,Bristol, BS99 7NH
General 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 (tel 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 on the Group’s website at www.rolls-royce.com or by viewing teletext or similar services.

Electronic communications/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 on the Group’s website at www.rolls-royce.com to register.

B Share information

				Share price on first day of trading			CGT apportionment
B Share issues	B Shares per  ordinary share	Conversion  Share Value	First day of trading	Ordinary  shares	B Shares		Ordinary   shares	B Shares
January 4, 2005	31.8	250p	January 5, 2005	244.625p	0.0955p		98.77%	1.23%
June 25, 2004	50	212p	July 5, 2004	241.875p	0.1130p		97.72%	2.28%

B Share dividends: calculation period	Dividend rate	Record date for  B Share dividend	Payment date
Jan 1, 2005 to June 30, 2005	1.8433613%	June 10, 2005	July 1, 2005
July 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004	1.8890625%	November 26, 2004	January 4, 2005

Copies of the Scheme Circular and 5.28(a) document, which contain more detailed information on B Shares, are available in the Investors section on the Group’s website at www.rolls-royce.com or on request from the Company or the Registrar. B Share helpline: 0870 703 0162.

Analysis of ordinary shareholders at December 31,2004

Number of shares	Number of shareholders	% of total shareholders	% of total  shares
1 – 150	91,722	31.34	0.66
151 – 500	157,997	53.99	2.4
501 – 10,000	40,953	13.99	4.12
10,001 – 100,000	1,280	0.44	2
100,001 – 1,000,000	513	0.18	10.42
1,000,001 and over	183	0.06	80.4
	292,648	100	100

ShareGift

In the UK,Rolls-Royce Group plc supports ShareGift, which is administered by the Orr MacKintosh Foundation (registered charity number 1052686) and which operates a charity share donation scheme for shareholders with small holdings of shares which may prove uneconomical to sell.

If you would like to use ShareGift or receive more information about the scheme, they can be contacted by visiting their website at www.sharegift.org.uk, or by writing to The Orr MacKintosh Foundation, 46 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 3HN.

The Company wishes to thank those 8,492 B Shareholders who elected to donate their B Share dividend payable in January 2005 to charity. This resulted in a payment of £2,133 being made to ShareGift.