Director/PDMR Shareholding

4 March 2008

                             ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP plc                             

Rolls-Royce announces that on 3 March 2008, ordinary shares in the company were
transferred to the following executive directors and persons discharging
managerial responsibility (PDMR's) by Halifax EES Trustees International Ltd
(the trustee of the Rolls-Royce Group 2008 Employee Share Trust) in relation to
deferred awards made under the Company's Annual Performance Related Award plan
(APRA) in 2006. In addition the Directors sold the number of shares listed
below to discharge their tax obligations arising from the release of the
shares.


                                APRA Award   Number of Shares    Total Shares
                               Exercisable  Sold to Discharge     Released to
                                                Tax Liability     Certificate
                                                                             
Director                                                                     
                                                                             
Sir John Rose                       44,482             18,238          26,244
                                                                             
Andrew Shilston                     24,576             10,077          14,499
                                                                             
Colin Smith                         11,480              4,707           6,773
                                                                             
Mike Terrett                        15,365              6,300           9,065
                                                                             
PDMR's                                                                       
                                                                             
Axel Arendt                         23,611              9,681          13,930
                                                                             
Charles Blundell                    11,631              4,769           6,862
                                                                             
Miles Cowdry                         9,133              3,745           5,388
                                                                             
Mark King                            4,877              2,000           2,877
                                                                             
Michael Lloyd                       13,248              5,432           7,816
                                                                             
John Paterson                        4,877              2,000           2,877
                                                                             

The shares have been held in trust for 2 years and have been released by the
trustee in accordance with the rules of the Plan.

For further information, please contact:-

Mark Alflatt - Director of Financial Communications 020 7227 9164