Director/PDMR Shareholding
11 March 2011
ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP plc
Rolls-Royce Group plc (Company) announces that on 9 March 2011, ordinary shares
in the Company were awarded to the following executive directors and persons
discharging managerial responsibility (PDMRs) under the rules of the Annual
Performance Related Award plan (APRA) at a price of 601 pence per share:
Number of
Shares
Executive directors
James Guyette 35,595
Sir John Rose 93,481
Andrew Shilston 48,540
Colin Smith 32,197
Mike Terrett 44,127
PDMRs
Tom Brown 19,187
Miles Cowdry 15,588
Michael Haidinger 15,998
Lawrie Haynes 25,204
Andrew Heath 9,424
Dan Korte 17,894
Peter Morgan 15,338
John Paterson 27,607
Tim Rayner 18,584
The APRA deferred share awards are based on Company performance and the Shares
will be transferred to the executive directors and PDMRs from the Rolls-Royce
Group 2008 Employee Share Trust in two years time, provided that they remain an
employee of a Rolls-Royce group company.
The Company also made a conditional award of ordinary shares at a price of
601.50 pence
per share to the following executive directors and PDMRs under the terms of the
Rolls-Royce Group plc Performance Share Plan (PSP). No amount is payable for
the grant of an award.
Numberof
Shares
Executive directors
James Guyette 82,404
John Rishton 174,564
Andrew Shilston 97,091
Colin Smith 74,813
Mike Terrett 91,438
PDMRs
Miles Cowdry 38,565
Kathryn Durrant 28,096
Michael Haidinger 40,923
Lawrie Haynes 53,865
Andrew Heath 36,575
Dan Korte 41,202
Peter Morgan 33,748
John Paterson 53,200
Tim Rayner 32,786
John Rishton, on joining the Company, received a special grant of shares in
Rolls-Royce at 601.50 pence per share intended to mirror the fair value and
vesting profile of the incentives forfeited on resigning from his previous
employer, attributed 56 per cent to performance and 44 per cent to restricted
shares by fair value. These proportions mirror his previous arrangements as
detailed below:
Executive Performance Restricted Total
director related shares
shares
John Rishton 229,426 202,162 431,588
On 10 March 2011, ordinary shares in the Company were transferred to the
following executive directors and PDMRs by EES Trustees International Ltd (the
trustee of the Rolls-Royce Group 2008 Employee Share Trust) in relation to
deferred awards made under APRA in 2009. In addition, the PDMRs sold the number
of shares listed below to discharge their tax obligations arising from the
release of the shares on 9 March 2011 at a price of 605.47 pence per share.
APRA Award Number of Shares Total Shares
Sold to Discharge Released to
Exercisable Tax Liability Certificate
Executive directors
Sir John Rose 46,791 23,864 22,927
Andrew Shilston 25,735 13,125 12,610
Colin Smith 18,426 9,398 9,028
Mike Terrett 23,853 12,166 11,687
PDMRs
Tom Brown 11,889 6,064 5,825
Miles Cowdry 9,354 3,836 5,518
John Paterson 18,847 9,612 9,235
Tim Rayner 10,134 5,169 4,965
The shares have been held in trust for two years and have been released by the
trustee in accordance with the rules of the APRA.
On 10 March 2011 ordinary shares in the Company were transferred to the
following executive directors and PDMRs by EES Trustees International Ltd in
relation to awards made under the PSP. In addition, the numbers of shares
listed below were sold on behalf of the PDMRs to discharge tax obligations
arising from the release of the shares on 9 March 2011 at a price of 607.03
pence per share.
No of shares Number of Shares Total Shares
Sold to Discharge Transferred
Tax Liability
Executive directors
Sir John Rose 212,888 135,717 130,393
Andrew Shilston 100,183 63,867 61,362
Colin Smith 70,356 44,852 43,093
Mike Terrett 91,075 58,061 55,783
PDMRs
Tom Brown 45,731 29,154 28,010
Miles Cowdry 51,594 31,989 32,504
Michael Haidinger 48,484 - 48,484
John Paterson* 73,088 37,275 35,813
Tim Rayner 41,920 26,724 25,676
*The price at which shares were sold for tax for John Paterson was 606.23p.
The shares have been released by the trustee in accordance with the rules of
the Plan following the satisfaction of performance conditions and the end of
the three-year vesting period applicable to the award.
For further information, please contact:-
Paul Davies - Deputy Company Secretary +44 (0)1332 245878