Directorate Change

19 February 2008

                  ROLLS-ROYCE APPOINTS NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR                  

Rolls-Royce today announced the appointment today of Dr John McAdam as a
non-executive director.

Announcing the appointment, Rolls-Royce Chairman Simon Robertson said: "I am
delighted to welcome John McAdam as a non-executive director of Rolls-Royce.
John has extensive international and industrial experience gained over many
years which will be particularly valuable to Rolls-Royce".

John McAdam was the Chief Executive of ICI plc until ICI's recent acquisition
by Akzo Nobel. He is a non-executive director of J Sainsbury Plc and is a
non-executive director, and Chairman designate, of United Utilities PLC and a
member of the University of Cambridge Chemistry Advisory Board.

Note to editors

After studying at Manchester University, where he was awarded a first class
honours degree in Chemical Physics and subsequently a PhD, John McAdam joined
Unilever where he held a number of senior management positions. Following ICI's
acquisition of Unilever's Speciality Chemical Companies, he was appointed
Chairman and Chief Executive of ICI Paints and elected to the Board of ICI plc
and was subsequently appointed as its Chief Executive in 2003, a position that
he held up to ICI's recent acquisition by Akzo Nobel.

John McAdam was a non-executive director of Severn Trent Plc between 2000 until
2005 and was a member of the University of Surrey Business Advisory Board.

There are no other details to disclose under paragraph 9.6.13 (1) to (6) of the
Listing Rules in relation to John McAdam.

For further information please contact

Mark Alflatt

Director of Financial Communications

Rolls-Royce plc

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