Director/PDMR Shareholding

STOCK EXCHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT

Rolls-Royce Group plc (theCompany) announces the purchase on 9th October 2006
of 27,288 ordinary shares in the Company by Computershare Trustees Limited (the
Trustee) at a price of 462 pence per share for the purpose of satisfying the
purchase of ordinary shares by eligible employees (including executive
directors) under the Rolls-Royce SharePurchase Plan (the Plan) for the current
month. The Plan has been approved by the Inland Revenue as a share incentive
plan under Schedule 8 to the Finance Act 2000.

Following the transaction the Trustee will hold 7,229,572 ordinary shares, all
of which are held on behalf of eligible employees pursuant to the terms of the
Plan.

The numbers of ordinary shares purchased on this date on behalf of the
executive directors were as follows:

Sir John Rose 27

A B Shilston 27

CP Smith 27

The numbers of ordinary shares purchased on this date on behalf of persons
discharging managerial responsibility were as follows:

C E Blundell 27

M Lloyd 27

J R Rivers 27

M J Terrett 27

Company notified 9 October 2006

Dated 9 October 2006

For further information please contact John Warren, Deputy Company Secretary,
Rolls-Royce Group plc, tel. no. 01332 245878