Rolls-Royce wins order for offshore supply vessels

29 March 2012

                   ROLLS-ROYCE WINS £24 MILLION ORDER FOR
                      OFFSHORE SUPPLY VESSELS IN CHINA

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a £24 million order to
design and equip four offshore service vessels which will be built by COSCO
(Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd in China.

The Rolls-Royce UT 771 CDL vessels will feature a fully integrated equipment
system including highly efficient diesel electric propulsion, deck machinery,
bulk handling equipment and automation and control systems.

Jørn Heltne, Rolls-Royce, Senior Vice President Ship Technology - Offshore
said: "We are very pleased to sign our first contract with COSCO and we look
forward to working closely with them. These vessels are complex, highly
efficient and designed to meet specific challenges faced by the offshore
industry."

The vessels will be equipped for transporting pipes, equipment and cargo to and
from pipe-laying barges, oil drilling and production platforms. The vessels
will also be equipped for fire fighting.

Delivery of the four vessels is scheduled for 2014. The contract includes
options to build an additional six vessels of the same design.

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 more than 80 countries.

3. Annual underlying revenues were £11.3 billion in 2011, of which more than
half came from the provision of services. The firm and announced order book
stood at £62.2 billion at 31 December 2011, providing visibility of future
levels of activity.

4. Rolls-Royce employs over 40,000 people in offices, manufacturing and service
facilities in over 50 countries. Over 11,000 of these employees are engineers.

5. In 2011, Rolls-Royce invested £908 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:

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Director - Investor Relations
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
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Josh Rosenstock 
Director of External Communications 
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc 
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