Holding(s) in Company
TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the Rolls-Royce Group Plc
issuer or the underlying
issuer of existing
shares to which voting
rights are attached
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the
appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting
rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial
instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to
which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting
rights
Other (please specify): Revised due to
DTR rules - see Section 13
3. Full name of person FMR Corp
(s) subject to the
notification obligation
4. Full name of See attached
shareholder(s) (if schedule
different from 3.)
5. Date of the Revised due to DTR
transaction (and date rules
on which the threshold
is crossed or reached
if different)
6. Date on which issuer 22 March 2007
notified
7. Threshold(s) that is N/A
/are crossed or
reached:
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering
shares the Triggering transaction
transaction
If possible
using the ISIN Number of Number of Number Number of Voting % of Voting
CODE Shares Voting of Rights Rights
Rights Shares
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
ISIN 60,696,020 60,696,020 60,696,020 3.36%
GB0032836487
B. Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of Voting % of Voting
Financial Date Conversion Period Rights that may Rights
Instrument /Date be acquired if
the instrument is
exercised/
converted
Total (A+B)
Number of Voting Rights % of Voting Rights
60,696,020 3.36%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable
See attached schedule
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: FMR Corp
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease N/A
/acquire to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease/acquire N/A
to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information: As discussed with the FSA, prior to the
implementation of the EU Transparency
Directive, we aggregated the interests in
shares of FMR Corp (FMR) and Fidelity
International Limited (FIL) together for the
purposes of shareholder reporting. According
to the new DTR rules we are now reporting the
indirect holdings of FMR and FIL separately. A
separate notification is being submitted for
FIL. Please note these holdings are correct as
of close of business 20 March 2007
14. Contact Name Laura Cotterell
15. Contact: fil-regulatoryreporting@uk.fid-intl.com
FMR
Issuer name: ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP PLC
Current ownership 3.36%
percentage:
Total shares held: 60,696,020
Issued share 1,805,674,972
capital:
SHARES HELD NOMINEE MANAGEMENT
COMPANY
FMR Corp is the 3,593,701 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO FMTC
parent holding
company of Fidelity
Management & 11,368,351 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO FMRCO
Research Company
(FMRCO), investment
manager for US 53,270 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO FMR
mutual funds, and
Fidelity Management
Trust
Company (FMTC), a US 715,642 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO FICL
state chartered bank
which acts as
a trustee or 83,665 ROYAL TRUST- TORONTO FMTC
investment manager
of various pension
and
trust accounts. 38,900 NORTHERN TRUST LONDON FMRCO
2,281,294 NORTHERN TRUST CO FMTC
2,232,219 NORTHERN TRUST CO FMRCO
1,150,000 N/A 0
71,600 MELLON BANK NA FMR
384,733 MELLON BANK N.A. FMTC
768,254 MELLON BANK N.A. FMRCO
157,449 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK FPM
1,065,237 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK FMTC
30,075,160 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK FMRCO
5,822,543 BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND FMRCO
CO
61,530 BANK OF NEW YORK FMRCO
772,472 BANK OF NEW YORK FMTC