Rolls-Royce statement regarding SFO announcement

Rolls-Royce notes the announcement from the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and will not be commenting on their decision. We reached a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the SFO and agreements with other investigating authorities in January 2017 and have since been co-operating fully with the authorities.

Details of the Deferred Prosecution Agreements reached with the Serious Fraud Office and US Department of Justice and the Leniency Agreement entered into with the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Service (MPF) can be found here: https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/press-releases/2017/17-01-2017-statement.aspx

About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

  1. Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to meet our planet’s vital power needs.
  2. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 150 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
  3. Annual underlying revenue was £15 billion in 2017, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced gross order book stood at £78.5 billion at the end of December 2017.
  4. In 2017, Rolls-Royce invested £1.4 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research.
  5. Rolls-Royce employs 55,000 people in 50 countries. More than 19,400 of these are engineers.
  6. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2017 we recruited 313 graduates and 339 apprentices through our worldwide training programmes.

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