Directorate Change

10 November 2011

      ROLLS-ROYCE APPOINTS SIR FRANK CHAPMAN AS A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR       

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, announces that Sir Frank Chapman
has today joined the Board as a non-executive Director. Sir Frank is the 
Chief Executive of BG Group and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Sir Simon Robertson, Rolls-Royce Chairman, said: "I am delighted to welcome 
Sir Frank Chapman onto the Board of Rolls-Royce as a non-executive director. Frank
has a life-long passion for engineering and innovation. His deep understanding
of technology and his outstanding record of business achievement will be of
great value to Rolls-Royce and I am looking forward to working with him".

Sir Frank graduated with first class honours in Mechanical Engineering from
Queen Mary College, London University. He has spent over 37 years in the 
oil and gas industry during which time he has lived and worked overseas for some
eighteen years. He has been Chief Executive at BG Group for the last 11 years,
managing the Group through a period of transformational growth and
international diversification, and has been a member of the Board of BG Group
(previously British Gas plc) for 14 years.

Notes to Editors:

1. Rolls-Royce is a world-leading provider of power systems and services for
   use on land, at sea and in the air, and has established a strong position in
   global markets - civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine and energy.

2. As a result of this strategy, Rolls-Royce has a broad customer base
   comprising more than 500 airlines, 4,000 corporate and utility aircraft and
   helicopter operators, 160 armed forces, more than 4,000 marine customers,
   including 70 navies, and energy customers in nearly 120 countries, with an
   installed base of 54,000 gas turbines.

3. Annual underlying revenues were £10.8 billion in 2010, of which more than
   half came from the provision of services. The firm and announced order book
   stood at £61.4 billion at 30 June 2011, providing visibility of future levels
   of activity.

4. Rolls-Royce employs over 39,000 skilled people in offices, manufacturing and
   service facilities in over 50 countries. Over 11,000 of these employees are
   engineers.

5. In 2010, Rolls-Royce invested £923 million on research and development, 
   two thirds of which had the objective of further improving the environmental
   performance of its products, in particular reducing emissions.

6. Rolls-Royce supports a global network of 28 University Technology Centres,
   which connect the company's engineers with the forefront of scientific
   research.

7. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and
   to further developing employee skills.

For further information, please contact:

Investor relations:
Mark Alflatt
Director of Financial Communications
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
Tel: [phone]
E: [e-mail]

Media relations:
Josh Rosenstock
Director of External Communications
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
Tel: [phone]
E: [e-mail]

www.Rolls-Royce.com