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Annual report and accounts 2005

Shareholder information

Rolls-Royce

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 8, 2006
Calculation period for Conversion Share Value for B Shares March 8-14, 2006
Record (qualifying) date for entitlement to B Shares March 10, 2006
Annual General Meeting, Platinum Conference Suite, ExCel,
1 Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL
11.30am May 3, 2006
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Evergreen Mandates for B Shares 5pm June 2, 2006
Record (qualifying) date for B Share dividend June 9, 2006
Despatch of cheques/ordinary share certificates/B Share certificates following
redemption/conversion of B Shares
July 3, 2006
Press advertisement of 2006 interim results1 July 28, 2006
Ex entitlement to B Shares October 11, 2006
Calculation period for Conversion Share Value for B Shares October 11-17, 2006
Record (qualifying) date for entitlement to B Shares October 13, 2006
Record (qualifying) date for B Share dividend November 24, 2006
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Evergreen Mandates for B Shares 5pm December 1, 2006
Financial year end December 31, 2006
Despatch of cheques/ordinary share certificates/B Share certificates following
redemption/conversion of B Shares
January 3, 2007
2006 Annual report published March, 2007
  1. Interim results are notified by press advertisements only.

Shareholder information

If you have any queries on the following:

  • Transfer of shares
  • Change of name or address
  • Lost share certificates
  • Lost or out of date dividend cheques
  • Death of a registered holder of shares
  • 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 B Share helpline: 0870 703 0162

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 3, 2006 33.4 356p January 3, 2006 433.045p 0.1015p   99.22% 0.78%
July 1, 2005 50.0 253p July 1, 2005 291.000p 0.0995p   98.32% 1.68%
January 4, 2005 31.8 250p January 4, 2005 244.625p 0.0955p   98.77% 1.23%
June 25, 2004 50.0 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
January 1, 2006 to June 30, 2006 1.7205487% June 9, 2006 July 3, 2006
July 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005 1.7353125% November 25, 2005 January 3, 2006
January 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 Summary of Terms of B Share Issue, 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's B Share helpline 0870 703 0162.

Analysis of ordinary shareholders at December 31, 2005
Number of shares Number of
shareholders
% of total
shareholders
% of total
shares
1 - 150 77,823 29.90 0.51
151 - 500 138,053 53.05 1.99
501 - 10,000 42,260 16.24 3.98
10,001 - 100,000 1,400 0.54 2.20
100,001 - 1,000,000 509 0.20 9.78
1,000,001 and over 194 0.07 81.54
  260,239 100.00 100.00

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 B Shareholders who elected to donate their B Share dividends to ShareGift.

 

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