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© Rolls-Royce plc 2007

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Annual report and accounts 2006

Shareholder information

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

Financial calendar
1Interim results are notified by press advertisements only.
Ex entitlement to B Shares March 7, 2007
Calculation period for Conversion Share Value for B Shares March 7-13, 2007
Record (qualifying) date for entitlement to B Shares March 9, 2007
Annual General Meeting, Platinum Conference Suite, ExCel London, 1 Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London E16 1XL 11.30am May 2, 2007
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Evergreen Mandates for B Shares 5pm June 1, 2007
Record (qualifying) date for B Share dividend June 8, 2007
Dispatch of cheques/ordinary share certificates/B Share certificates following redemption/conversion of B Shares July 2, 2007
Press advertisement of 2007 interim results 1 July 27, 2007
Ex entitlement to B Shares October 10, 2007
Calculation period for Conversion Share Value for B Shares October 10-16, 2007
Record (qualifying) date for entitlement to B Shares October 12, 2007
Record (qualifying) date for B Share dividend November 23, 2007
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Evergreen Mandates for B Shares 5pm November 30, 2007
Financial year end December 31, 2007
Dispatch of cheques/ordinary share certificates/B Share certificates following redemption/conversion of B Shares January 3, 2008
2007 Annual report published March, 2008

Shareholder information

If you have any queries on the following:

  1. Transfer of shares
  2. Change of name or address
  3. Lost share certificates
  4. Lost or out of date redemption/dividend cheques
  5. Death of a registered holder of shares
  6. 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.

Share dealing service

In order to buy or sell shares in the Company you will need to contact a stockbroker. Most high street banks offer a stockbroking service as do the Company's corporate brokers – 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.

Unsolicited mail

The Company is legally obliged to make its share register publicly available and as a consequence some shareholders may receive unsolicited mail. If you wish to limit the amount of unsolicited mail you receive, you can register free of charge with the Mailing Preference Service.

Mailing Preference Service (MPS)
DMA House, 70 Margaret Street, London W1W 8SS
Tel: 0845 703 4599 www.mpsonline.org.uk

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 2, 2007 36.7 477p January 2, 2007 450.750p 0.1000p 99.19% 0.81%
June 30, 2006 53.8 443p June 30, 2006 413.875p 0.1005p 98.71% 1.29%
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, 2007 to June 30, 2007 2.0362500% June 8, 2007 July 2, 2007
July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 1.8063300% November 24, 2006 January 2, 2007
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, 2006
Number of shares Number of
shareholders
% of total
shareholders
% of total
shares
1 – 150 70,753 29.22 0.45
151 – 500 128,186 52.94 1.82
501 – 10,000 41,176 17.01 3.79
10,001 – 100,000 1,301 0.54 2.02
100,001 – 1,000,000 487 0.20 9.90
1,000,001 and over 209 0.09 82.02
  242,112 100.00 100.00

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.

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