Director/PDMR Shareholding

11 March 2008

                             ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP plc                             

Rolls-Royce announces that on 7 March 2008, ordinary shares in the company were
transferred to the following executive director and person 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                                                                     
                                                                             
James Guyette                       23,157             11,644          11,513
                                                                             
PDMR's                                                                       
                                                                             
Tom Curley                           9,255              4,636           4,619
                                                                             

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