Director/PDMR Shareholding

2 March 2007

                             ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP plc                             

 

 

Rolls-Royce announces that on 1 March 2007, 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 2003 Employee Share Trust) in relation to
deferred awards made under the Company's Annual Performance Related Award plan
(APRA) in 2005. 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                                                                     
                                                                             
John Cheffins                       45,253             18,554          26,699
                                                                             
Andrew Shilston                     48,955             20,072          28,883
                                                                             
Colin Smith                          8,302              3,404           4,898
                                                                             
PDMR's                                                                       
                                                                             
Axel Arendt                         39,659             16,261          23,398
                                                                             
Brian Baker                         16,946              6,948           9,998
                                                                             
Charles Blundell                    21,060              8,635          12,425
                                                                             
Miles Cowdry                        16,339              6,699           9,640
                                                                             
Michael Lloyd                       26,866             11,016          15,850
                                                                             
John Rivers                         18,560              7,610          10,950
                                                                             
John Paterson                       12,726              5,218           7,508
                                                                             
Mike Terrett                        29,535             12,110          17,425

 

 

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

 

Each of the Directors by virtue of being potential beneficiaries of the trust
are technically interested in all of the shares in the trust.

10,179,459 shares are held in the trust following the release of shares.

For further information, please contact:-

Mark Alflatt - Director of Investor Relations 020 7227 9164