Result of AGM

ROLLS-ROYCE GROUP PLC (the 'Company') 30 APRIL 2009 RESOLUTIONS PASSED At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 30 April 2009 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre London the following resolutions were passed as special business. Resolutions 10 and 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12, 13 and 14 were passed as special resolutions. ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS Resolution 10 - Proposed allotment and issue of C Shares That the directors be and are authorised: a) on one or more occasions, to capitalise such sums as they may determine from time to time but not exceeding the aggregate nominal sum of £350 million standing to the credit of the Company's merger reserve, capital redemption reserve and/or such other reserves as the Company may legally use in paying up in full at par, up to 350 billion non-cumulative redeemable preference shares with a nominal value of 0.1 pence each (C Shares) from time to time having the rights and being subject to the restrictions contained in the Articles of Association of the Company or any other terms and conditions approved by the directors from time to time; b) pursuant to Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) to exercise all powers of the Company to allot and distribute C Shares credited as fully paid up to an aggregate nominal amount of £350 million to the holders of ordinary shares of 20 pence each on the register of members on any dates determined by the directors from time to time and on the basis of the number of C Shares for every ordinary share held as may be determined by the directors from time to time; and provided that the authority conferred by this resolution shall expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and so that such authority shall be additional to and without prejudice to the unexercised portion of any authorities and powers granted to the directors pursuant to resolution 12 below, and any resolution passed prior to the date of passing of this resolution; c) to do all acts and things they may consider necessary or desirable to give effect to this resolution and to satisfy any entitlement to C Shares howsoever arising. Resolution 11 - Political donations and expenditure That the Company and any company which is or becomes a subsidiary of the Company during the period to which this resolution is effective be and is hereby authorised to: a) make donations to political parties and/or independent election candidates; b) make donations to political organisations other than political parties; and c) incur political expenditure, during the period commencing on the date of this resolution and ending on the date of the Company's next Annual General Meeting, provided that in each case any such donations and expenditure made by the Company or by any such subsidiary shall not exceed £25,000 per company, and the aggregate of those made by the Company and any such subsidiary shall not exceed £50,000. For the purposes of this resolution, the terms `political donation', `political parties', `independent election candidates', `political organisation' and `political expenditure' have the meanings given by Part 14 of the Companies Act 2006. SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS Resolution 12 - Authority to allot new shares That the Section 80 amount as defined in Article 10(d) of the Company's Articles of Association shall be £124,899,130. Resolution 13 -Disapplication of pre-emption rights That the Section 89 amount as defined in Article 10(d) of the Company's Articles of Association shall be £18,734,869. Resolution 14 - Authority to purchase own shares That the Company be and is generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 163(3) of the Companies Act 1985) of its ordinary shares of 20 pence each in the capital of the Company, subject to the following conditions: a) the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares authorised to be purchased is 185,137,887; b) the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share is 20 pence (being the nominal value of an ordinary share); c) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is the higher of (i) an amount equal to 105 per cent of the average of the middle market quotations for the ordinary shares as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the share is contracted to be purchased and (ii) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an ordinary share and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary share as derived from all London Stock Exchange Trading Systems; d) this authority shall expire at the close of the Annual General Meeting of the Company held in 2010 or 18months from the date of this resolution (whichever is the earlier); and e) a contract to purchase shares under this authority may be made prior to the expiry of this authority, and concluded, in whole or in part, after the expiry of this authority. For further information please contact: Mark Alflatt Director of Financial Communications Tel: +44 (0)207 227 9307 mark.alflatt@rolls-royce.com Paul Davies Deputy Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0)1332 245464 paul.davies3@rolls-royce.com
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