Directorate Change

25 May 2011

         ROLLS-ROYCE APPOINTS LEWIS BOOTH AS A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR          

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announces the appointment
of Lewis Booth as a non-executive Director. He will also join the Audit, Ethics
and Nominations Committees today. Lewis will become Chair of the Audit
Committee with effect from 31 July 2011, a role most recently undertaken on a
temporary basis by Ian Strachan. Lewis Booth is executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Ford Motor Company.

In appointing Mr Booth, Sir Simon Robertson, Rolls-Royce Chairman, said:

"I am delighted to welcome Lewis Booth as a non-executive Director of
Rolls-Royce. Lewis is recognised as one of the strongest and most experienced
international leaders within the auto industry. He will bring to our Board a
wealth of experience of international finance and business gleaned from many
years in Ford."

"I would like to thank Ian Strachan for his work as interim Chair of the Audit
Committee"

Notes:

Pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13(1) (details of directorships held in
publicly-quoted companies in the previous five years), Lewis Booth was a
director and vice chairman from September 2003 to December 2008 of Ford Otosan
(Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S.), a company registered in Turkey and listed on the
Istanbul stock exchange.

There are no other details to disclose under paragraphs 9.6.13 (2) to (6) of
the Listing Rules in relation to Lewis Booth.

Notesto Editors:

 1. Lewis Booth has been Ford Motor Company's Executive Vice President and
    Chief Financial Officer since 2008. He began his career with British
    Leyland, before joining Ford in 1978. He has held a series of senior
    positions within the company in Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States.
   
 2. 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.
   
 3. 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 2,500 marine customers,
    including 70 navies, and energy customers in nearly 120 countries, with an
    installed base of 54,000 gas turbines.
   
 4. Annual underlying revenues were over £10.8 billion in 2010, of which more
    than half came from the provision of services. The firm and announced order
    book stood at £59.2 billion at 31 December 2010, providing visibility of
    future levels of activity.
   
 5. 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.
   
 6. 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.
   
 7. Rolls-Royce supports a global network of 28 University Technology Centres,
    which connect the company's engineers with the forefront of scientific
    research.