Re Contract

19 June 2012

                  ROLLS-ROYCE TO POWER THE WORLD'S LARGEST 
                            CONSTRUCTION VESSEL

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has delivered 13 large azimuth
thrusters to the world's largest construction vessel, currently being built at
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea for Swiss ship owner and
operator Allseas Group. The contract is worth around £18 million and is the
largest ever Rolls-Royce thruster order for a single vessel.

The thrusters rotate 360 degrees and propel and position the ship, which
measures 382 metres in length and 117 metres in width. Named Pieter Schelte,
the ship is due to enter into service in 2014 and will carry out installation
and decommissioning of oil and gas platforms and pipeline installation projects
worldwide.

Kari Välimaa, Rolls-Royce, Operations Director- Finland, said: "We are
delighted to deliver our largest ever thruster order to power this
record-breaking vessel. This vessel is massive, and the load that it is
intended to carry will be equally hefty. Rolls-Royce azimuth thrusters are the
ideal solution for the work this ship will undertake due to their reliability
and high performance, which are business critical for the offshore industry."

The Pieter Schelte features a unique design concept with a displacement at full
load of nearly 900,000 tonnes. It is capable of lifting 48,000 tonnes and the
pipelay tension capacity will be 2,000 tonnes, doubling the capacity of the
world's current largest pipelay vessel, Allseas' Solitaire.

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.

8. The Marine business of Rolls-Royce employs 9,000 people in 35 countries with
the main manufacturing centres being in the UK, the Nordic countries, the
United States and increasingly Asia.

9. Rolls-Royce is a world leader in marine solutions, providing
products, service and expertise to more than 30,000 vessels in the offshore,
merchant, naval surface and submarine markets. It designs ships and its product
range includes propulsion systems featuring diesel engines and gas turbines,
propellers, thrusters and water jets. Rolls-Royce also provides manoeuvring and
stabilising systems and deck machinery.

For further information, please contact:

Investors:  
                                                                 
Simon Goodson                                                       
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Rolls-Royce plc 
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Media: 

Josh Rosenstock 
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Rolls-Royce plc      
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