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Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
annual report 2012

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© Rolls-Royce plc 2013

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc 
Registered office:  
65 Buckingham Gate 
London 
SW1E 6AT

T +44 (0)20 7222 9020 
www.rolls-royce.com

Company number 7524813

 
 
 
 
 
 
Business review
Introduction
Group at a glance
Chairman’s statement
Chief Executive’s review
Values, vision and strategy
Future opportunity
Chief Financial Officer’s review
Key performance indicators
Principal risks and uncertainties
Civil aerospace
Defence aerospace
Marine
Energy
Excellence in technology
Excellence in operations
Sustainability
Additional financial information

Governance
Chairman’s introduction
Board of directors
International Advisory Board (IAB)
The Group Leadership Team (GLT)
Corporate governance report
Audit committee report
Nomination committee report
Ethics committee report
Risk committee report
Safety committee report
Remuneration committee report
Directors’ remuneration report
Shareholders and share capital
Other statutory information

Financial statements
Contents

Other information
Subsidiaries, jointly controlled 
entities and associates
Independent Auditor’s report
Group five-year review
Shareholder information
Glossary

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Directors’ report
The directors’ report which includes the Business review is 
set out on pages 1 to 72. 

Forward-looking statements
This annual report contains forward-looking statements. 
Any statements that express forecasts, expectations and 
projections are not guarantees of future performance and 
will not be updated. By their nature, these statements 
involve risk and uncertainty, and a number of factors could 
cause material differences to the actual results or 
developments.

This report is intended to provide information to 
shareholders, is not designed to be relied upon by any other 
party, or for any other purpose and the Company and its 
directors accept no liability to any other person other than 
under English law.

Cover: In February 2012, we celebrated the opening of our 
new manufacturing and assembly facility in Singapore for 
large civil aero engines.

Image courtesy of: Bob Lee Keng Siang

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Glossary

ABC
ACARE

Anti-bribery and corruption
Advisory Council for Aviation Research and  
Innovation in Europe

ADR
AEBS
AGM
ANA
APB
APRA
BIS
CAD
CBE
CDP
CGU
CO2
CO2e
CPS
CRIP
DJSI
DoD
EMIR
EPS
ESOP
EU
FAA
Frc
FRC
FSA
GBP
GDP
GHG
GLT
HS&E
I&C
IAB
IAE
IAS
IASB
IFRIC

American Depositary Receipts Programme
All-Employee Bonus Scheme
Annual general meeting
All Nippon Airways
Auditing Practices Board
Annual Performance Related Award plan
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Canadian dollar
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Carbon Disclosure Project 
Cash-generating unit
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide equivalent
Cash flow per share
C Share Reinvestment Plan
Dow Jones Sustainability World and European Indexes
US Department of Defense
European Market Infrastructure Regulation
Earnings per ordinary share
Executive Share Option Plan
European Union
Federal Aviation Administration
Financial Risk Committee
Financial Reporting Council
Financial Services Authority
Great British pound or pound sterling
Gross Domestic Product
Greenhouse gas
Group Leadership Team
Health, Safety and Environment
Instrumentation and control 
International Advisory Board
IAE International Aero Engines AG
International Accounting Standards
International Accounting Standards Board
International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee

IFRS
ISO
LDI
LIBOR
LLP
LTSA
LNG
MoD
MW
NCI
NOX
OCI
OE
OECD

International Financial Reporting Standards
International Standards Organisation
Liability-driven investment
London Inter-Bank Offered Rate
Limited Liability Partnership
Long-Term Service Agreement
Liquefied Natural Gas
UK Ministry of Defence
Megawatt
Non-controlling interest
Nitrogen oxides
Other comprehensive income
Original Equipment
Organisation for Economic Cooperation  
and Development

Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Services
Over-the-counter
Political Action Committee
Public Limited Company
Performance Share Plan
Research and development
Revolving credit facility
Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals

OHSAS
OTC
PAC
PLC
PSP
R&D
RCF
REACH
Registrar Computershare Investor Services PLC
Rolls-Royce North America
RRNA
Risk and Revenue Sharing Partnerships
RRSPs
Restricted stock units
RSUs
Supply Chain Relationships in Aerospace
SCRIA
Strategic Defence and Security Review
SDSR
Serious Fraud Office
SFO
Share Incentive Plan
SIP
Shareholder Reference Number
SRN
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
STEM
Short take-off and vertical landing
STOVL
Total reportable injuries
TRI
Total Shareholder Return
TSR
UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle
UK GAAP UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practices
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United States dollar

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Introduction

“In the full year, underlying profits  
increased for the tenth consecutive  
year. We have established this  
record of consistent delivery while 
continuing to invest in people, 
technology and facilities.”
John Rishton, Chief Executive

Rolls-Royce is a global company, providing integrated power solutions 
for customers in civil and defence aerospace, marine and energy 
markets. We support our customers through a worldwide network  
of offices, manufacturing and service facilities.

Order book – firm and announced

Underlying revenue*

Profit before financing

Underlying profit before tax*

Underlying earnings per ordinary share*

Payments to shareholders

2012

2011

£60,146m  £57,630m**

£12,209m £11,277m

£2,072m

£1,429m

59.27p

19.5p

£1,189m

£1,157m

48.54p

17.50p

% change
+4%

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+24%

+22%

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*  See explanation in note 2 on page 86 
** Restated 2011 year-end data excluding International Aero Engines (IAE) order book of £4,571 million

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Business review

Group at a glance

The priorities of the Group remain: deliver on the promises 
we have made; decide where to grow and where not to; and 
improve financial performance.

Civil aerospace

Defence aerospace

£6,437m

Underlying revenue 2012

£727m

Underlying profit 2012

£2,417m

Underlying revenue 2012

£404m

Underlying profit 2012

Trent XWB achieved certification

Trent 1000-TEN introduced
BR725 enters service and IAE restructure completed

The Civil aerospace business is a major manufacturer of 
aero engines for the airline and corporate jet market. 
Rolls-Royce powers more than 30 types of commercial 
aircraft and over 12,500 engines are in service with 
customers around the world. 

Over US$1 billion in contracts from US DoD and UK MoD

US$315 million contract for F-35B STOVL LiftSystems™

Adour engines ordered by Royal Saudi Air Force for Hawks

Rolls-Royce is the second largest provider of defence 
aero-engine products and services globally with 18,000 
engines in service with 160 customers in 103 countries.

Revenue mix

Revenue mix

  46%  OE revenue
  54%  Services revenue

  46%  OE revenue
  49%  Services revenue
5%  Development

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Group overview 2012

2012 revenue by business segment

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	The	order	book	increased	to	£60.1	billion, 
up four per cent, adjusted for the IAE disposal. 
Order intake was £16.1 billion in the year.

	Underlying	revenue	increased	eight	per	cent	to	
£12.2 billion, including 12 per cent growth in 
original equipment (OE) revenue and five per cent 
growth in underlying services revenue.

	Underlying	services	revenue	increased	in	all	four	
business segments: Civil, Defence, Marine and 
Energy and, in Engine Holding.

	Underlying	profit	before	tax	increased	24	per	cent	
to £1,429 million reflecting revenue growth, 
revenue mix, unit cost reduction, a contribution 
from Tognum and IAE restructuring.

  53%  Civil aerospace
  20%  Defence aerospace
  8%  Energy
  18%  Marine
  1%  Engine Holding

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Energy

£2,249m

Underlying revenue 2012

£294m

Underlying profit 2012

£962m

£21m

Underlying revenue 2012

Underlying profit 2012

£147 million orders from Brazil for drill ships and 
offshore vessels 

MT7 chosen to power US Navy future hovercraft
£1.1 billion order for UK naval nuclear reactor 
core programme

Rolls-Royce has a world-leading range of capabilities in 
the marine market, encompassing the design, supply and 
support of power and propulsion systems. We provide 
comprehensive through-life support from a global 
network of service facilities.

Six RB211s ordered by PetroChina for pipeline project
Services grew and investment 24/7 support 
desk completed

Nuclear agreements signed with AREVA and Hitachi

With over 4,800 gas turbines sold, and more than 
130 million hours of operating experience gained, 
our Energy business plays a critical role in supporting 
global infrastructure. Our technology powers offshore 
platforms, transports oil and gas through pipelines and 
generates dependable electricity.

Revenue mix

Revenue mix

  57%  OE revenue
  43%  Services revenue

  36%  OE revenue
  64%  Services revenue

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Chairman’s statement

The Trent 1000 aero engine, which powers the Boeing 787 
Dreamliner, has enabled this new composite aircraft to achieve fuel 
efficiency improvements of 20 per cent compared with the aircraft 
it is replacing. Looking ahead, the Trent XWB that will power the 
new Airbus A350 XWB is proving itself to be the most efficient jet 
engine in the world. In our Marine business, the introduction of 
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) engines and radical hull designs have 
enabled our newest vessels to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 40 per 
cent and practically eliminate emissions of sulphur and nitrogen 
oxides. In our Energy business, the latest variant of our industrial 
Trent engine offers significant efficiency improvements. We 
continue to invest in our Civil Nuclear business in order to support 
the development of non-fossil fuel power generation.

In order to fulfil our substantial order book and to increase our 
productivity, Rolls-Royce has continued to develop new state-of-the-
art facilities around the world. This investment creates a demand 
for highly-skilled labour and generates economic activity. In the 
US, we were pleased to welcome President Obama to our new 
facility at Crosspointe in Virginia where we are manufacturing discs 
for our latest Trent engines. It was a particular pleasure for me to 
welcome the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, to the 
official opening of our new campus at Seletar in Singapore, where 
later in 2012 the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge unveiled the 
first Trent 900 engine to be assembled at the site. We also made 
substantial investments in the UK. These include our new 
apprentice academy in Derby, which was opened by the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, George Osborne. This facility enables us to double 
the number of apprentices we can train, providing a supply of 
highly-trained young men and women for companies in our 
supply chain. 

In 2012, 318 apprentices joined the Group, along with 312 graduates 
from 89 universities and 36 nations. We provide these young men 
and women with opportunities to gather experience across the 
Group by working on different projects and in various locations 
before settling on a career path within the Group. 

We encourage all employees to undertake training throughout their 
careers. We invested £39 million in training and development 
during 2012 with major teaching facilities operating in the UK, US 
and Singapore. We also have a comprehensive online resource that 
this year delivered nearly 250,000 hours of training in subjects as 
wide ranging as export control legislation to health and safety.

We have an outstanding community of new recruits who give 
me tremendous confidence about the future of the Group. 
Among the many awards accumulated by our young men and 
women, Patrick Reimann came top in a national ranking of 
apprentices in Germany, having completed his final exams with 
a mark of 98 per cent. Neeraj Sunger, Oliver Jukes and Laura Gray all 
won ‘Outstanding Achievement’ awards from the Engineering 
Employers Federation in the UK. For the first time in 2012, one of 
our own graduates, Philippa Davies, acted as master of ceremonies 
at the Rolls-Royce Science Prize award, an annual event that 
celebrates the very best science teaching in the UK. These diverse 
young people show that engineering can attract the brightest and 
best by offering stimulating, varied and rewarding careers.

Sir Simon Robertson
Chairman

In 2012, Rolls-Royce continued to grow underlying profits as it has 
done every year for the past decade. During that time the Group 
has doubled its revenues, trebled its order book and more than 
quadrupled its profits. 

During 2012, the order book rose by four per cent, underlying 
revenues increased by eight per cent and underlying profits grew 
by 24 per cent. The Group’s performance in 2012 is a testament to 
the strength of our strategy, the quality of our technology and the 
ability and determination of our people. We are proposing a final 
payment to shareholders of 11.9 pence per share bringing the full 
year payment to 19.5 pence per share, an increase of 11 per cent.

Many of the markets in which we operate remain challenging. 
European economies are stagnant or contracting. In North America, 
recovery is fragile and, in the emerging economies of South America 
and Asia, growth is relatively subdued. Government spending in the 
developed world remains under intense pressure, whilst political 
tensions in the Middle East further undermine confidence.

Nonetheless, Rolls-Royce remains well positioned. Millions of 
people in developing nations continue to join the real economy, 
which drives the requirement for power on land, sea and air. In 
addition, all of our customers demand increasingly fuel efficient 
and environmentally friendly power systems. Rolls-Royce 
continues to invest for future growth throughout the business 
cycle. This includes over £900 million a year in research and 
development (R&D), with two thirds of this total devoted to 
improving the environmental performance of our products. 
The result of these investments can be seen across our portfolio. 

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Chairman’s statement

Rolls-Royce has a significant requirement for educated young 
people to support our future growth. Therefore we invest time, 
energy and financial resource in encouraging Science, Technology, 
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. This includes our 
participation in ‘Project Enthuse’, an industry and government 
initiative that provides professional development of STEM teachers 
in the UK; a partnership to raise the skills of science teachers in 
primary schools in Germany; sponsorship of a ‘Rocket Challenge’ in 
the US; and a technology laboratory in Dubai, where teachers and 
pupils can learn about the practical applications of physics.

Rolls-Royce is dedicated to improving the environmental 
performance of its products and to bring better power 
to a changing world. The Group provides world-class training 
and its people give their time and energy to support educational 
projects. We donate around £8 million a year to charitable causes. 
In all of these ways Rolls-Royce demonstrates its commitment 
to sustainability and to investing in the communities in which 
it operates.

As previously reported, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) asked us, 
early in 2012, to investigate allegations of bribery and corruption 
in Indonesia and China. In response to its request we asked a leading 
law firm to conduct a wide review which has raised matters of 
concern in these and in other markets. We have now referred 
a file to the SFO.

Rolls-Royce has significantly strengthened its compliance 
procedures in recent years. We established an ethics committee in 
2008 and subsequently introduced a new Global Code of Business 
Ethics in 2009 and an Intermediaries Policy. We have also expanded 
our compliance function. In January 2013, we appointed Lord Gold 
to lead a review of our current procedures and to report to the 
ethics committee. Lord Gold is one of the UK’s most respected 
litigators and has extensive experience working at the most senior 
levels with corporations, governments and regulators around the 
world. As we have made clear, the Board will not tolerate improper 
business conduct of any sort and will take all necessary action to 
ensure compliance.

I would like to thank my fellow directors for their great support 
and hard work in the last year. In particular, I would pay tribute to 
Mike Terrett, who retired from the Board and from his role as 
Chief Operating Officer at the end of 2012. Mike joined Rolls-Royce 
as a graduate trainee and over the course of 34 years played a 
significant role in the Group’s transformation, as Chief Engineer 
on the Trent 700 and the Trent 800, President of International 
Aero Engines, President of Civil Aerospace and, since 2007,  
as Chief Operating Officer. 

We bid farewell to Peter Byrom, our longest serving non-executive 
director and to Ian Strachan. Both retire at the 2013 annual general 
meeting (AGM). Their wise counsel, constructive challenge and 
support has been of enormous value to me and the Board. Iain Conn 
will replace Ian Strachan as Chairman of the ethics committee.

As well as thanking departing colleagues, it has been a great 
pleasure to welcome onto the Board, Jasmin Staiblin, who is Chief 
Executive of the Swiss energy group, Alpiq, and previously worked 
for many years for ABB. Jasmin brings engineering expertise and 
international experience to the Board.

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Four executives at Rolls-Royce and one non-executive director were 
recognised this year by Her Majesty the Queen as Commanders of 
the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBEs). I congratulate 
Colin Smith, Mike Terrett, Professor Ric Parker, Richard Thornley and 
Lewis Booth. 

I would like to thank the members of our International Advisory 
Board (IAB) who continue to provide great insight into our global 
markets. The IAB is led by Lord Powell of Bayswater and its members 
are distinguished political and business leaders. We are fortunate to 
have their support, and I am grateful for the time and energy they 
devote on our behalf. 

This will be the final review I write as Chairman of Rolls-Royce, 
as I will be retiring at the AGM after eight years with this 
great company.

It has been an honour to lead Rolls-Royce through a period of 
growth and transformation. I am proud of what has been achieved 
and believe strongly that the best is still to come. Rolls-Royce has 
earned itself an enviable position from which it can see abundant 
opportunities for profitable growth. The talent of its management 
team ably led by John Rishton, the strength of its order book, the 
quality and range of its technology and its access to global markets 
augur well for an outstanding future.

I have met extraordinary people at every level of the Group and have 
enjoyed my tenure as Chairman. I am in no doubt that my successor, 
Ian Davis, who will join the Board on 1 March 2013 and who will 
succeed me as Chairman at the conclusion of the AGM on 2 May, 
will shepherd Rolls-Royce to even greater success. He brings to the 
Group a wealth of international and Board level experience.

Lastly I wish the Board, John Rishton and the management team 
every success. I am grateful to my fellow directors, Rolls-Royce 
employees, customers, suppliers, partners and our long-term 
shareholders for their loyal support.

Sir Simon Robertson
Chairman

13 February 2013

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Business review

Chief Executive’s review

John Rishton
Chief Executive

In 2012, Rolls-Royce continued to build the capacity required to 
deliver our £60 billion order book. Among these investments, we 
opened a new engine test and assembly facility at Seletar in 
Singapore that is now producing Trent 900 engines. We announced 
an expansion of our facilities at Crosspointe in Virginia, US, where 
we will produce turbine blades and nozzle guide vanes. In South 
America, construction of a new assembly plant to support our 
Energy and Marine businesses is well advanced and will open later 
this year. In the UK, as well as having opened our new apprentice 
academy in Derby, we are developing a new turbine blade facility in 
Rotherham and a new disc factory in Washington, Tyne and Wear.

In the past decade, Rolls-Royce has transformed its business. Today 
we are more global, with over half our order book from the Middle 
East and Asia. Our portfolio has become more diversified, both 
through organic growth and acquisition, and we have significantly 
increased the revenues generated from servicing the power 
systems we produce. During 2012, we changed the way we describe 
our vision, values and strategy to reflect better the Group we have 
become, to set clear direction for the future and to reinforce 
standards in the way we conduct business:

Values  –  trusted to deliver excellence

Vision  –  better power for a changing world

Strategy  –  understanding our customers, 
innovation, profitable growth

These are described on pages 8-9.

As well as looking at the expression of our vision, values and 
strategy, we have made an important structural change, bringing 
together our Civil and Defence businesses to create one Aerospace 
division with an integrated supply chain. This change, effective 
from 1 January 2013, will improve accountability and align our 
business more closely with our customers’ requirements. 

The priorities for the business remain the same as last year:
1.  deliver on the promises we have made
2.  decide where to grow and where not to
3.  improve financial performance.

In 2012, we have made progress towards these objectives.

1. Deliver on the promises we have made
The quality of the products and services we supply is measured 
across the Group and has shown steady improvement. Increased 
focus on delivery has led to significant improvement in widebody 
engines in Civil aerospace and in our Marine products. Across the 
Group, we are investing in a wide range of projects that will 
improve operational performance and reduce cost. This includes 
continuing investment in modernising our IT infrastructure that is 
a key enabler for our business. 

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Business review

Chief Executive’s review

Significant milestones have been achieved in our major programmes. 

These include: in Civil aerospace, the certification of the Trent XWB 
engine (in February 2013) that will power the Airbus A350 XWB, the 
launch of the Trent 1000-TEN that will power Boeing 787s entering 
service from 2016 and, the entry into service of the BR725 engine 
powering the new Gulfstream G650 corporate jet. In Defence 
aerospace, the short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant 
of the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter entered service with the 
US Marine Corps and deliveries were made to the UK MoD. 

In Marine, gas turbine power and propulsion equipment was 
delivered for the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship and the UK’s Queen 
Elizabeth class aircraft carriers. And, in Energy, we expanded our 
fleet of gas turbine compressor units through contracts for China’s 
West-East Pipeline Project (WEPP) and the Uzbekistan section of the 
Asia Trans Gas (ATG) pipeline.

2. Decide where to grow and where not to
We continue to invest in capacity to fulfil our order book and in 
technology to expand our portfolio. 

In Civil aerospace, we are committed to investing in the widebody, 
narrowbody and corporate market segments. In Defence aerospace, 
we continue to see opportunities both in developing economies and 
in our traditional markets, despite the pressure on government 
spending. In Marine, offshore oil and gas remains a fast growing 
market and, in Energy, we continue to invest in our Civil Nuclear 
business where we believe Rolls-Royce can play an important part 
supporting both existing and new build nuclear capacity. Our 
acquisition of Tognum, in a joint venture with Daimler, expands our 
Marine and Energy portfolios and brings significant opportunities 
for synergies.

Areas where we have decided not to invest include the sale of our 
tidal power generation business to Alstom in January 2013 and the 
sale of a 51 per cent stake in our fuel cell business to LG.

3. Improve financial performance 
We continue to focus on margin progression. In 2012, margins at 
Group level improved to 12.2 per cent (2011 10.7 per cent). 
The Tognum and the IAE restructuring, together contributed 
1.1 percentage points, with 0.4 percentage point improvement 
coming from the underlying business. Overall, profits grew by 
24 per cent enabling us to raise our full year distribution to 
shareholders to 19.5 pence, an 11 per cent increase.

Cost and cash generation remain areas of intense focus for the 
Group, as we seek to improve quality, on-time delivery and working 
capital while continuing to invest to meet the rising load. Around 
£50 million of unit cost improvements were realised in 2012.

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As noted in the Chairman’s statement, we have passed information 
to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) relating to concerns about bribery 
and corruption involving intermediaries in overseas markets. This 
follows a request for information from the SFO about allegations of 
malpractice in Indonesia and China. We have significantly 
strengthened our compliance procedures in recent years, including 
new policies for Global Ethics and Intermediaries. We have also 
expanded the Compliance function. As a further measure, we have 
appointed Lord Gold to lead a review of current procedures and 
report to the ethics committee of the Board. 

In February 2013, we announced that Sir Simon Robertson will 
retire as Chairman at our AGM in May. Simon has made an 
exceptional contribution to Rolls-Royce over the past eight years. 
He has worked tirelessly on behalf of the Group and his energy and 
enthusiasm have been an example to us all. He has led the Board 
with distinction and has made the time to offer guidance and 
encouragement to colleagues all around the world and at every level 
of the business. Simon has been a great support to me during my 
first years as Chief Executive and I wish him every success in the 
future. I am delighted to welcome Ian Davis as our new Chairman 
and look forward to working closely with him.

During 2012, the Group has once again increased its profits, 
revenues and its order book, providing a solid foundation for further 
progress in the year ahead. Our cash inflow of £137 million, prior to 
acquisitions and disposals, was delivered after a heavy year of 
investment in technology, capability and infrastructure.

The achievements of Rolls-Royce are made possible by the more than 
40,000 employees whose combined expertise and enthusiasm give 
us the ability to do extraordinary things. I am constantly impressed 
by their commitment and am grateful for their hard work and 
customer focus.

John Rishton
Chief Executive

13 February 2013

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Values, vision and strategy

A customer-focused business

Our business model and strategy place the customer at the 
heart of our business. The DNA of the organisation is built 
around innovation and responding effectively to the needs of 
customers. Rolls-Royce will be relentless in the pursuit of quality, 
reliability and on-time delivery.

Customer

Customers place great faith 
in our Group. We develop 
strong relationships with 
them, often over long 
timescales, and we are 
determined to deliver on 
their behalf. By doing so, 
they will entrust us with 
their future business.

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Trusted to deliver excellence

Innovation

Rolls-Royce built its reputation 
by developing and delivering 
world-class engineering. 
Today, we continue to invest 
in innovation. Our R&D creates 
the high-value intellectual 
property that allows us to 
compete globally.

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Values, vision and strategy

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Values

trusted to deliver excellence

Who we are and how we behave matter to our people and the many 
external groups that have an interest in our business. We have a 
proud heritage, one of the world’s most powerful brands and a 
responsibility to hand on to future generations a business that is 
strong and successful.

Everyone at Rolls-Royce must be trusted to deliver excellence, this is a 
statement of values everyone can understand, take confidence from, 
be inspired by and always strive to achieve.

Vision

better power for a changing world

We are committed to innovation and a continuous pursuit of 
improvement. At the forefront of science and technology, and with 
a deep customer insight, we believe we are in a strong position 
to meet the demands of, and create opportunities in, our  
fast-changing world.

Strategy 

understanding our customers, 
innovation, profitable growth

Our ambition is to be world class and competition-beating in our 
relationships with our customers, and in the delivery of world-class 
technologies and services. To achieve this, we apply lean and cost 
effective processes, simple and efficient operations, and a strong 
commitment always to operate to high ethical standards.

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Future opportunity

A 20-year market outlook of US$3 trillion

The Group operates in four long-term global markets: Civil and 
Defence aerospace; Marine; and Energy. These markets contain a total 
business opportunity worth in excess of US$3 trillion over the next 
20 years. The size of these markets is generally related to world Gross 
Domestic Product (GDP) growth, global security and defence budgets.

Civil aerospace
We predict emerging markets such as Asia, the 
Middle East and Africa will experience the fastest 
rates of growth. Factors affecting demand include 
GDP growth, aircraft productivity and retirements, 
operating costs and environmental issues. Civil 
engine demand over the next 20 years is forecast at 
US$975 billion, creating a services opportunity of 
US$700 billion over the same period. 

US$975bn

Civil engine market

US$700bn

Civil engine services market

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Energy
The Group’s 20-year forecast values the total 
aero-derivative gas turbine sales in the oil and 
gas and power generation sectors at more than 
US$70 billion. Over this period, demand for 
associated services is expected to be around 
US$50 billion.

Based on the International Energy Agency’s 
latest World Energy Outlook we estimate that 
demand for nuclear mission-critical equipment, 
systems and engineering services could reach 
US$370 billion over the next 20 years, while 
demand for associated reactor support services 
could amount to US$240 billion.

US$120bn

Energy engine and services market

US$610bn

Civil nuclear market

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Marine
The Group forecasts a demand for marine power 
and propulsion systems valued at US$215 billion 
over the next 20 years. Marine aftermarket 
services are expected to generate significant 
opportunities with demand forecast at  
US$125 billion over the same period. 

US$215bn

Marine product market

US$125bn

Marine services market

Defence aerospace
Despite the challenging environment, we continue 
to see opportunities both in our traditional markets 
and the developing economies. Demand for engines 
over the next 20 years is estimated at US$155 billion. 
For services and support equipment we estimate a 
market of US$260 billion over the same period. 

US$155bn

Defence engine market

US$260bn

Defence services market

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Chief Financial Officer’s review

Our financial performance continues to improve and we 
are increasing investment to meet future commitments.

Mark Morris 
Chief Financial Officer

Summary

Order book £m
Underlying revenue** £m
Underlying profit before tax** £m
Underlying earnings per share
Full year payment to shareholders
Reported revenue £m 
Reported profit before financing £m
Net cash £m
Average net cash £m

2012
60,146
12,209
1,429
59.27p
19.5p
12,161
2,072
1,317
(145)

2011
57,630*
11,277
1,157
48.54p
17.5p
11,124
1,189
223
320

Change
+4%
+8%
+24%
+22%
+11%
+9%
+74%

* Restated 2011 year-end data excluding IAE order book of £4,571 million
** See explanation opposite and on page 86

The pace of recovery of the global economy remains uncertain and 
some of our customers continue to operate in challenging 
budgetary environments. However, our customers operate across a 
broad range of businesses and markets and our relatively young and 
competitive installed portfolio of power systems and products will 
generate demand for aftermarket services for many years to come. 
Demand from existing customers remains strong, as it does from 
the new customers included in our growing order book.

Our investments in technology, operations and people are 
underpinned by the significant growth inherent in our order book. 
These investments will safeguard our competitive advantage, 
support our commitments to customers and improve our 
operational effectiveness. 

The Group’s 2012 performance was achieved after absorbing 
a 27 per cent increase in the net R&D charge to £589 million and 
a ten per cent increase in capital expenditure, including software, 
to £610 million.

Engine Holding (EH), our collaboration with Daimler, owns over 
99 per cent of Tognum. We transferred Bergen Engines to EH on 
2 January 2012, which resulted in a £167 million cash inflow to the 
Group. We continue to consolidate Bergen. We will consolidate 
the whole of EH, including Tognum, from 1 January 2013. 

EH’s contribution of £287 million to 2012 revenue came wholly 
from Bergen. EH’s profit contribution of £109 million comprised 
£32 million from Bergen and £77 million from the equity accounted 
contribution from Tognum.

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Chief Financial Officer’s review

The Group’s sale of its 32.5 per cent programme share and related 
goodwill in IAE in 2012, generated a profit before tax of £699 million 
and a cash inflow of £942 million. The profit is excluded from our 
underlying results. The Group continues to play an active role as a 
first tier supplier to IAE of high-pressure compressors and fan blades 
and remains responsible for the final assembly of 50 per cent of the 
production engines. The proposed joint venture with Pratt & 
Whitney to develop an engine to power the next mid-size aircraft is 
subject to regulatory approval and had no material effect on 2012’s 
financial performance.

Underlying revenue increased eight per cent to £12.2 billion. 
This includes a five per cent growth in services revenue to  
£6.3 billion and a 12 per cent increase in OE revenue to £5.9 billion. 
OE performance included strong 31 per cent growth in Civil 
aerospace and 12 per cent growth in Defence aerospace offset by 
reductions in each of Marine, Energy and EH. Underlying services 
revenue continues to represent more than half (52 per cent) of the 
Group’s underlying revenue. In 2012, services revenue grew in all 
businesses as the installed base of products continued to grow 
and the services network expanded.

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Underlying figures are considered more representative of the 
trading performance by excluding the impact of year end mark-to-
market adjustments of outstanding financial instruments on the 
reported performance, principally relating to the GBP/USD hedge 
book. In addition, the net post-retirement financing and the effects 
of acquisition accounting are excluded. In 2011, adjustments were 
made to exclude one-off past-service credits on post-retirement 
schemes. The adjustments between the underlying income 
statement and the reported income statement are set out in more 
detail in note 2 of the financial statements. This basis of 
presentation has been applied consistently since the transition to 
IFRS in 2005. 

Underlying income statement

Underlying income statement extracts  
£ million
Revenue

Civil aerospace
Defence aerospace
Marine
Energy
Engine Holding
Intra-segment

Profit before financing costs 
and taxation

Civil aerospace
Defence aerospace
Marine
Energy
Engine Holding
Intra-segment
Central costs
Net financing costs
Profit before taxation
Taxation
Profit for the year
EPS
Payment to shareholders
Other items
Other operating income
Gross R&D investment
Net R&D charged to the income 
statement

+8%
+16%
+8%
-1%
-11%
-13%

+24%
+46%
+7%
+2%
+31%
+36%

+4%
+24%
+24%
+22%
+24%
+22%
+11%

Change

2012

2011
12,209 11,277
5,572
2,235
2,271
1,083
331
(215)

6,437
2,417
2,249
962
287
(143)

932
865
182
(22)
(121)
(44)
72

284
1,206
1,490
228
499
727
28
376
404
7
287
294
5
16
21
29
80
109
(11)
–
(11)
(2)
(52)
(54)
(12)
(49)
(61)
272
1,157
1,429
(57)
(261)
(318)
1,111
215
896
59.27p 48.54p 10.73p
2.0p
17.5p

19.5p

33
919

70
908

(37)
11

589

463

126

Underlying profit before financing costs and taxation increased 
24 per cent to £1.49 billion. This was due to a number of factors: 
increased revenue; better mix; unit cost reduction; a full year’s 
benefit from Tognum (compared to four months’ contribution to 
Group results in 2011); and improved trading following the IAE 
restructuring settlement completed during the year. These 
improvements were partly offset by a significant increase 
in the R&D charge and lower other operating income.

Further discussion of trading is included in the business segment 
reports on pages 20 to 27.

Underlying financing costs increased 24 per cent to £61 million, 
including an increase in net interest charges reflecting lower 
average net funds after funding the Tognum acquisition in the 
second half of 2011.

Underlying taxation was £318 million, an underlying tax rate 
of 22.3 per cent compared with 22.6 per cent in 2011.

Underlying EPS increased 22 per cent to 59.27 pence, in line with 
the increase in the underlying profit after tax.

Payments to shareholders: at the AGM on 2 May 2013, the directors 
will recommend an issue of 119 C Shares with a total nominal value 
of 11.9 pence for each ordinary share. The final issue of C shares will 
be made on 1 July 2013 to shareholders on the register on 26 April 
2013 and the final day of trading with entitlement to C Shares is 
23 April 2013. Together with the interim issue on 2 January 2013 
of 76 C Shares for each ordinary share with a total nominal value 
of 7.6 pence, this is the equivalent of a total annual payment to 
ordinary shareholders of 19.5 pence for each ordinary share.

The payment to shareholders will, as before, be made in the form 
of redeemable C Shares which shareholders may either choose to 
retain or redeem for a cash equivalent. The Registrar, on behalf of 
the Company, operates a C Share Reinvestment Plan (CRIP) and can, 
on behalf of shareholders, purchase ordinary shares from the market 
rather than delivering a cash payment. Shareholders wishing to 
redeem their C Shares or else redeem and participate in the CRIP 
must ensure that their instructions are lodged with the Registrar, 
Computershare Investor Services Plc, no later than 5.00pm on 
3 June 2013. Redemption will take place on 3 July 2013.

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Chief Financial Officer’s review

Other operating income relates to programme receipts from Risk 
and Revenue Sharing Partnerships (RRSPs), which reimburse past 
expenditure. These receipts decreased by 53 per cent in 2012 due to 
the phasing of major programmes such as the Trent XWB.

Net R&D charged to the income statement increased by 27 per cent 
to £589 million reflecting a combination of increased spend of 
£56 million and lower net capitalisation of £69 million due to the 
phasing of major new programmes. This investment and the  
ten per cent increase in capital expenditure including software to 
£610 million will prepare our infrastructure and global supply chain 
for significant growth in the next decade. The Group continues to 
expect net R&D investment to remain within four to five per cent  
of Group underlying revenue.

Balance sheet

Summary data – £ million
Intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Net post-retirement scheme deficits
Net working capital
Net funds
Provisions
Net financial assets and liabilities
Joint ventures and associates
Assets held for sale
Other net assets and liabilities
Net assets
Other items
USD hedge book (US$ million)
Net TotalCare assets
Gross customer finance contingent liabilities
Net customer finance contingent liabilities

2012
2,901
2,564
(545)
(1,100)
1,317
(461)
(127)
1,800
4
(248)
6,105

22,500
1,312
569
70

2011
2,882
2,338
(397)
(1,098)
223
(502)
(718)
1,680
178
(67)
4,519

22,000
956
612
124

Intangible assets relate to goodwill, certification costs, 
participation fees, development expenditure, recoverable engine 
costs, software and other costs that represent long-term assets of 
the Group. In aggregate, these assets remained broadly unchanged 
at £2.9 billion with additional development, certification and 
software costs being offset by annual amortisation charges. 
The carrying values of the intangible assets are assessed for 
impairment against the present value of forecast cash flows 
generated by the intangible asset. The principal risks remain: 
reductions in assumed market share; programme timings; 
increases in unit cost assumptions; and adverse movements in 
discount rates. There have been no significant impairments in 
2012. Further details are given in note 8 of the financial statements.

Property, plant and equipment increased by ten per cent to 
£2.6 billion due to the ongoing development and refreshment 
of facilities and tooling as the Group prepares for increased 
production volumes.

Net post-retirement scheme deficits increased 37 per cent to 
£545 million. This was principally due to the movements in the 
assumptions used to value the underlying assets and liabilities in 
accordance with IAS 19 – in particular the discount rate which is 
derived from AA corporate bond yields. The impact of the revisions 
to IAS 19 is described in note 19 of the financial statements.

Overall funding across the schemes has improved in recent years 
as the Group has adopted a lower risk investment strategy that 
reduces volatility going forward and enables the funding position 
to remain stable: interest rate and inflation risks are largely hedged, 
and the exposure to equities has reduced to around 12 per cent of 
scheme asset. This has been achieved against the headwind of 
increasing life expectancy assumptions.

A modest reduction in the Group’s cash contribution to the overall 
funding level of the schemes is expected in 2013.

Net funds increased by £1.1 billion to £1.3 billion largely due to the 
£0.9 billion proceeds received on the restructuring of IAE. Average 
net funds fell by £465 million to (£145) million due to the timing of 
the Tognum acquisition in the second half of 2011 and the 
restructuring of IAE in June 2012.

Investment – joint ventures and associates increased by seven per 
cent, largely as a result of the capitalisation of a loan to EH in 
respect of the acquisition of Tognum.

Provisions largely relate to warranties and guarantees provided to 
secure the sale of OE and services. These provisions reduced 
modestly during the year.

Net financial assets and liabilities relate to the fair value of foreign 
exchange, commodity and interest rate contracts, financial RRSPs 
and the put option on Bergen Engine AS, set out in detail in note 17 
to the financial statements. The change largely reflects the impact 
of the change in the GBP/USD exchange rate on the valuation of 
foreign exchange contracts and the inclusion of the put option 
(£167 million) for the first time.

The USD hedge book increased two per cent to US$22.5 billion. This 
represents around five years of net exposure and has an average 
book rate of £1 to US$1.60. Current forward market exchange rates 
are similar to current average book rates.

Net TotalCare® assets relate to Long-Term Service Agreement (LTSA) 
contracts in the Civil aerospace business, including the flagship 
services product TotalCare. These assets represent the timing 
difference between the recognition of income and costs in the 
income statement and cash receipts and payments.

Customer financing facilitates the sale of OE and services by 
providing financing support to certain customers. Where such 
support is provided by the Group, it is generally to customers of the 
Civil aerospace business and takes the form of various types of 
credit and asset value guarantees. These exposures produce 
contingent liabilities that are outlined in note 23 to the financial 
statements. The contingent liabilities represent the maximum 
aggregate discounted gross and net exposure in respect of delivered 
aircraft, regardless of the point in time at which such exposures 
may arise.

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During 2012, the Group’s gross exposure remained stable at 
£569 million. On a net basis, exposure reduced by £54 million 
to £70 million predominantly due to an indemnity from United 
Technologies for all Airbus A320 commitments following the 
restructuring of IAE. Whilst some banks, particularly European 
institutions, continue to find circumstances challenging and offer 
limited participation in financing new aircraft deliveries, the Group 
expects that other providers of US dollar funding and ongoing 
support from the export credit agencies will largely fill the gap  
left by these banks.

Engine Holding
EH made progress towards achieving full ownership and 
management control of Tognum. At the end of 2012, EH owned 
over 99 per cent of the shares in Tognum. A squeeze-out process 
to acquire the remaining shares is ongoing, and is expected to 
conclude in 2013. During the year, EH registered a domination and 
profit and loss transfer agreement with Tognum, which provides a 
greater degree of management control and flexibility to pursue 
initiatives together. By bringing together Tognum and Bergen and 
leveraging the skills from Rolls-Royce and Daimler, we see significant 
opportunities for synergies. 

In our Marine business, our design and integration skills will be 
further enhanced by the additional product range that Tognum’s 
high-speed diesel engines will bring. And in the aftermarket,  
by combining the installed bases of equipment, we see good 
opportunities to leverage our customer support networks. Recently, 
we announced a contract to design and power four offshore supply 
vessels where, for the first time, we were able to incorporate 
Tognum’s engines into our integrated design. Similarly, Tognum’s 
high-speed diesels will add additional capabilities to our Energy 
portfolio, allowing us to offer both gas and diesel products as well 
as options for primary and stand-by power.

Group 2013 guidance excluding Engine Holding
For the full year 2013, we expect the Group to see modest growth 
in underlying revenue and good growth in underlying profit, 
with cash flow around breakeven as we continue to invest for 
future growth. 

In Civil aerospace, we anticipate modest growth in revenue and 
strong growth in profit. In Defence aerospace we expect modest 
growth in revenue and a modest reduction in profit. In Marine, we 
expect modest growth in revenue and profit. And in Energy, we 
expect some improvement in revenue and profit.

This guidance excludes the impact of EH. The Group cannot provide 
financial guidance on EH while Tognum is still listed. Further 
information about Tognum’s business and future prospects can 
be found on its website at www.tognum.de/investors.

Additional financial information can be found on pages 37 and 38.

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Key performance indicators

The Board uses a range of financial and non-financial 
indicators to monitor Group and segmental performance 
in line with the strategy.

Financial indicators are shown below. The key objectives of board 
committees are described in the governance section of the annual 
report and other non-financial key performance indicators are 
shown in the sustainability section.

note: prior years are not restated for the 2012 IAE restructuring 

Order book

-3%

Order intake

-1%

The order book provides an indicator of future business. It is 
measured at constant exchange rates and list prices and includes 
both firm and announced orders. In Civil aerospace, it is common 
for a customer to take options for future orders in addition to 
firm orders placed. Such options are excluded from the order 
book. In Defence aerospace, long-term programmes are often 
ordered for only one year at a time. In such circumstances, even 
though there may be no alternative engine choice available to the 
customer, only the contracted business is included in the order 
book. Only the first seven years’ revenue of long-term 
aftermarket contracts is included.

£m

55,492

58,341

59,153

62,201

60,146

08

09

10

11

12

Order intake is a measure of new business secured during the 
year and represents new firm orders, net of the movement in the 
announced order book, between the start and end of the period. 
Any orders which were recorded in previous periods and which 
are subsequently cancelled, reducing the order book, are included 
as a reduction to intake. Order intake is measured at constant 
exchange rates and list prices and consistent with the order book 
policy of recording the first seven years’ revenue of long-term 
aftermarket contracts, order intake for any given year includes 
the seventh year of revenue. 

£bn

20.4

14.1

12.3

16.3

16.1

08

09

10

11

12

Underlying revenue 

+8%

Monitoring of revenues provides a measure of business growth. 
Underlying revenue is used in order to eliminate the effect of the 
decision not to adopt hedge accounting and to provide a clearer 
year-on-year measure. 

The Group measures foreign currency revenue at the actual 
exchange rate achieved as a result of settling foreign exchange 
contracts from forward cover.

£m

10,108

9,147

10,866

11,277

12,209

08

09

10

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Underlying profit before 
financing

+24%

Average cash

Underlying profit before financing is presented on a basis that 
shows the economic substance of the Group’s hedging strategies 
in respect of the transactional exchange rate and commodity 
price movements. In particular: (a) revenues and costs 
denominated in US dollars and euros are presented on the basis 
of the exchange rates achieved during the year; (b) similar 
adjustments are made in respect of commodity derivatives; and 
(c) consequential adjustments are made to reflect the impact of 
exchange rates on trading assets and liabilities and long-term 
contracts on a consistent basis. 

The Group reports the balance of net funds/debt on a weekly 
basis and average cash is therefore the average of these weekly 
net balances. These balances are reported at prevailing exchange 
rates and in recent periods, year-on-year movements in average 
cash balances reflect the significant acquisitions and disposals 
which have taken place, most notably Tognum in 2011 and IAE 
restructuring in 2012. The impact on average cash balances will 
depend on when these transactions took place during the year. 

£m

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1,206

08

09

10

11

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960

635

375

320

08

09

10

11

(145)
12

Cash flow

The figure for 2011 includes investment of £1,496 million  
in Tognum.

£m

In a business requiring significant investment, the Board 
monitors cash flow to ensure that profitability is converted into 
cash generation, both for future investment and as a reward for 
shareholders. The Group measures cash flow as the movement in 
net funds/debt during the year, after taking into account the 
value of derivatives held to hedge the value of balances 
denominated in foreign currencies. 

570

(183)

258

1,094

(1,310)

08

09

10

11

12

Net R&D expenditure 
as a proportion of 
underlying revenue

R&D is measured as the self-funded expenditure both before 
amounts capitalised in the year and amortisation of previously 
capitalised balances. The Group expects to spend approximately 
five per cent of revenues on R&D although this proportion will 
fluctuate depending on the stage of development of current 
programmes. This measure reflects the need to generate current 
returns as well as to invest for the future.

%

5.4

4.7

4.7

4.6

4.7

08

09

10

11

12

Capital expenditure

+5%

To deliver on its commitments to customers, the Group invests 
significant amounts in its infrastructure. All proposed 
investments are subject to rigorous review to ensure that they 
are consistent with forecast activity and will provide value for 
money. Annual capital expenditure is measured as the cost of 
property, plant and equipment acquired during the period.

£m

361

283

291

467

491

08

09

10

11

12

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Principal risks and uncertainties

Effectively managing our risks helps us to deliver our objectives and 
maximise the returns of the Group while managing our reputation.

The following table describes the risks that the risk committee, with endorsement from the Board, considers would have the most material 
potential impact on the Group and are specific to the nature of our business notwithstanding that there are other risks that may occur and 
may impact on the achievement of the Group’s objectives.

The risk committee’s discussions have been focused on the nature of these risks and the actions that are being taken to manage them.

Risk or uncertainty and potential impact

How we manage it

Product failure  
Product not meeting safety expectations, or causing significant 
impact to customers or the environment through failure in 
quality control.

Business continuity 
Complete breakdown of external supply chain or internal 
facilities that could be caused by destruction of key facilities, 
natural disaster, regional conflict, financial insolvency of a critical 
supplier or scarcity of materials which would reduce the ability to 
meet customer commitments, win future business or achieve 
operational results.

Competitor action 
The presence of large, financially strong competitors in the 
majority of our markets means that the Group is susceptible to 
significant price pressure even where our markets are mature or 
the competitors are few. Our main competitors have access to 
significant government funding programmes as well as the 
ability to invest heavily in capability.

International trade friction 
Geopolitical factors that lead to significant tensions between 
major trading parties or blocs which could impact the Group’s 
operations. For example: explicit trade protectionism; differing 
tax or regulatory regimes; potential for conflict; or broader 
political issues.

•	 Operating a ‘safety first’ culture

•	  Our engineering design and validation process is applied from 

initial design, through production and into service

•	  A safety management system has been established by a 

dedicated team, which is subject to continual improvement 
based on experience and industry best practice

•	  Plan to accelerate quality improvements launched, including 

involvement from our suppliers

•	  Crisis management team chaired by the Director – Engineering 

and Technology or General Counsel as appropriate

•	  Continued investment in adequate capacity and modern 

equipment and facilities

•	 Identifying and reducing single points of failure

•	  Selection of stronger suppliers, developing dual sources 

or dual capability

•	  Developing and testing site level incident management and 

business recovery plans

•	  Customer excellence centres provide improved response to 

supply chain disruption 

•	  Accessing and developing key capabilities in technology and 

service offerings which differentiate us competitively

•	  Focusing on our customers and partnering with 

others effectively

•	 Driving down cost and improving margins

•	  Protecting credit lines

•	 Investing in innovation, manufacturing and production

•	 Understanding our competitors

•	  Where possible, locating our domestic facilities in politically 

stable countries and/or ensuring that we retain dual capability

•	  Diversifying global operations to avoid excessive concentration 

of risks in particular areas

•	 Regional director network proactively monitors local situations

•	  Maintaining a balanced business portfolio with high barriers to 

entry and a diverse customer base

•	 Understanding our supply chain risks

•	 Proactively influencing regulation where it affects us

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Risk or uncertainty and potential impact

How we manage it

Major product programme delivery 
Failure to deliver a major product programme on time, to 
specification or technical performance falling significantly short 
of customer expectations would have potentially significant 
adverse financial and reputational consequences, including the 
risk of impairment of the carrying value of the Group’s intangible 
assets and the impact of potential litigation.

Compliance 
Non-compliance by the Group with legislation or other regulatory 
requirements in the heavily regulated environment in which it 
operates (for example: export controls; use of controlled 
chemicals and substances; and anti-bribery and corruption 
legislation) compromising the ability to conduct business in 
certain jurisdictions and exposing the Group to potential: 
reputational damage; financial penalties; debarment from 
government contracts for a period of time; and/or suspension of 
export privileges (including export credit financing), each of 
which could have a material adverse effect.

Market shock 
The Group is exposed to a number of market risks: some of which 
are of a macro-economic nature, for example, foreign currency 
exchange rates, and some which are more specific to the Group, 
for example, liquidity and credit risks or disruption to aircraft or 
other operations. Significant extraneous market events could also 
materially damage the Group’s competitiveness and/or credit 
worthiness. This would affect operational results or the outcomes 
of financial transactions.

•	 Major programmes are subject to Board approval 

•	  Major programmes are reviewed at levels and frequencies 
appropriate to their performance against key financial  
and non-financial deliverables and potential risks

•	  Technical audits are conducted at pre-defined points 

performed by a team that is independent from the programme 

•	  Formal independent gated reviews are conducted throughout  

a programme’s lifecycle to review non-technical risks

•	  Programmes are required to address the actions arising  
from reviews and audits and progress is monitored and 
controlled through to closure 

•	  Knowledge management principles are applied to provide 

benefit to current and future programmes

•	  An uncompromising approach to compliance is now,  
and should always be, the only way to do business

•	  The Group has an extensive compliance programme  

as separately described in the ethics and risk committee 
reports. These programmes and the Global Code of Business 
Ethics are promulgated throughout the Group and are  
updated and reinforced from time to time, to ensure  
their continued relevance and, to ensure that they are  
complied with both in spirit and to the letter

•	  A legal and compliance team has been put in place  
to manage the current specific issue through to  
a conclusion 

•	  The appointment of Lord Gold to lead a review of the  
Group’s current compliance procedures and report to  
the ethics committee

•	  Maintaining a strong balance sheet, through healthy  

cash balances and a continuing low level of debt

•	  Providing financial flexibility by maintaining high levels  
of liquidity and an investment grade ‘A’ credit rating 

•	  The portfolio effect from our business interests, both in  
terms of original equipment to aftermarket split and our 
different segments provide a natural shock absorber since  
the portfolios are not correlated

•	  Deciding where and what currencies to source in, where  

and how much credit risk is extended or taken and hedging 
residual risk through the financial derivatives markets  
(foreign exchange, interest rates and commodity price risk)

IT vulnerability 
Breach of IT security causing controlled data to be lost, made 
inaccessible, corrupted or accessed by unauthorised users, 
impacting the Group’s reputation.

•	  Establishing ‘defence in depth’ through deployment of  

multiple layers of software and processes including web 
gateways, filtering, firewalls, intrusion and advanced  
persistent threat detectors

•	  Establishment of security and network operations centres

•	  Active sharing of information through industry, government 

and security forums

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Civil aerospace

The order book increased by five per cent* including new orders of 
£10.3 billion (2011 £11.0 billion). We continue to grow our widebody market 
share, with Trent engines making up around 75 per cent of our order book. 
We remain committed to the mid-size market both as a supplier to IAE and 
via our planned new joint venture with the IAE partners to develop the next 
generation of engines for this market segment. Our continued success in 
the corporate market is being driven primarily by our BR700 series of 
engines for large cabin Gulfstream and Bombardier aircraft.

*when compared to the 2011 Civil order book of £47,370 with IAE orders of £4,571 million excluded

Revenue increased by 16 per cent. There was a 31 per cent growth in 
OE revenue, primarily reflecting higher deliveries of Trent and 
corporate engines. Services revenue grew by five per cent, 
consistent with growth in the installed base of thrust.

Profit increased by 46 per cent, including £92 million related to the 
restructured trading arrangements with IAE. Excluding these, profit 
increased by 27 per cent due to increased OE volume, better OE mix, 
services growth and unit cost improvements. This growth was 
tempered by a higher R&D charge due to higher spend and lower 
capitalisation related to major new programme activity and by 
lower entry fees related to the Trent XWB.

Key financial data

Mark King 
President – Aerospace

Revenue mix

Revenue by market sector

  46%  OE revenue
  54%  Services revenue

  58%  Widebody

 6%  Narrowbody

  36%   Corporate and regional

Order book £m*

2011
 51,942
  +7%

2010
 48,490
  +3%

2009
 47,102
  +8%

2008
 43,524
  +21%

Engine deliveries*
Underlying revenue £m

2012 
 49,608
-4%
888
  4,502
  4,919
  6,437
  +16%
  +10%
  +11%
Underlying OE revenue £m
  1,776   1,855   1,892   2,232   2,934
Underlying service revenue £m   2,726   2,626   3,027   3,340   3,503
727
Underlying profit before 
  +46%
financing £m

  4,481
0%

  5,572
  +13%

499
  +27%

987   844  

392
-20%

493
-13%

566
0%

962  

846  

*all years prior to 2012 include IAE order book and engine deliveries include IAE V2500

Highlights

•	 Order	book	now	stands	at	£49.6	billion

•	 Trent	XWB	gained	certification

•	 Trent	1000-TEN	launched

•	 Major	new	Trent	XWB	orders	from	Cathay	Pacific	 

and Singapore Airlines

•	 BR725	enters	service	on	new	Gulfstream	G650	business	jet

•	 IAE	restructuring	completed

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Civil aerospace

The Civil aerospace business is a major manufacturer of 
aero engines for all sectors of the airliner and corporate jet market. 
Rolls-Royce powers more than 30 types of commercial aircraft 
and has 12,500 engines in service with customers around the 
world. Demand for our products remains robust and underpins 
strong performance. 

In 2012, the airline industry saw overall passenger traffic growth 
at around five per cent. Airlines were careful to match capacity 
to demand and the industry as a whole will record a profit on 
passenger business despite the rising price of oil. The air cargo 
sector faced a tougher year as shippers moved away from air freight 
due to the impact of increasing fuel prices on shipment costs.

The large-cabin business aircraft market, which is characterised by 
a diverse customer base of large global corporations and high net 
worth individuals, remained resilient. The demand for small and 
medium-sized business aircraft continued to be subdued in 2012 
but our exposure to this sector is relatively small. 

Widebody
The Trent XWB engine flew for the first time in February 2012, 
on an Airbus A380 test aircraft in Toulouse, France. It went on 
to complete a successful flight-test programme and gained 
certification on 7 February 2013. This is the fastest selling Trent 
engine ever, with more than 1,200 engines sold to 35 customers.

During 2012, Singapore Airlines ordered 20 Trent XWB-powered 
Airbus A350-900s, while Cathay Pacific ordered ten A350-1000s 
and converted previously announced orders for 16 A350-900s 
to A350-1000s.

The Trent 1000 completed one year in service powering  
Boeing 787 Dreamliners with Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA).  
The engine also entered service with South American airline LAN 
(the first Boeing 787s in the Americas), and with Polish flag-carrier 
LOT, the first in Europe. During the year, Trent 1000 orders were 
received from Avianca and Air New Zealand.

In July, we launched the Trent 1000-TEN (Thrust, Efficiency and 
New technology) that is due to enter service in 2016. This engine, 
which incorporates proven next generation technology from 
the Trent XWB, will be capable of powering all versions of the 
Boeing 787.

Trent 900-powered Airbus A380s entered service with two of 
Asia’s leading airlines, Malaysia Airlines in July and Thai Airways 
in September. Skymark of Japan ordered the engine and Singapore 
Airlines, who launched the engine in service five years ago, 
ordered five more Trent 900-powered aircraft to add to the 
19 A380s it already has in service. 

The first Trent 900 engine to be completed at our new Seletar 
campus in Singapore was delivered in September. The engine 
was unveiled to an audience of VIPs and international media  
by Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 
during their visit to Seletar.

The Trent 700 continues to be popular, winning orders in 2012 to 
power 54 Airbus A330 aircraft for China Eastern, Etihad, Avianca, 
Synergy, Garuda Indonesia, Air Pacific and Skymark. We announced 
plans to make performance improvements to the Trent 700 by 
incorporating proven technologies from the Trent 1000, Trent XWB 
and BR725 engines to deliver further increased efficiency. 
These enhancements will complement the improvements to 
the A330 aircraft that Airbus announced in 2012.

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Narrowbody
In June 2012, we completed the restructuring of our participation 
in IAE, which produces the V2500 engine for the Airbus A320 
family of aircraft selling our equity and programme shares to 
Pratt & Whitney.

We remain committed to the mid-size market through our new 
 joint venture with the IAE partners. We will also continue to be 
responsible for the manufacture of high-pressure compressors, 
fan blades and discs as well as providing engineering support 
and final assembly for 50 per cent of IAE V2500 engines. 

Corporate and regional
The flight-test programmes for two new Rolls-Royce powered 
business jets continued through the year. The BR725-powered 
Gulfstream G650 entered service in December 2012. The  
AE 3007C-powered Cessna Citation TEN is due to enter service 
in 2013.

Services
Revenue from services increased by five per cent in 2012, reflecting 
growth in the fleet of wide-bodied engines, 92 per cent of Trent 
engines are sold with TotalCare agreements.

Over 1,200 aircraft are covered by CorporateCare® and more than 
70 per cent of customers for new Rolls-Royce powered business 
jets enrol in CorporateCare.

The Trent XWB successfully 
completed its flight-test 
programme on an A380 
flying test bed.

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Defence aerospace

The order book contracted by 15 per cent reflecting the budgetary 
pressures on our major customers in Europe and North America. 
The net order intake of £1.6 billion (2011 £1.8 billion) includes  
cancellations of £0.4 billion, principally the proposed cancellations 
of a number of contracts for C-27J aircraft, including those by the 
US Department of Defense. Despite the challenging environment,  
we continue to see opportunities both in our traditional markets 
and the developing economies.

Revenue increased by eight per cent, reflecting a 12 per cent 
increase in OE revenue and a five per cent increase in services 
revenue. However, adjusted for the non-recurrence of the  
£60 million Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) benefit in 
2011, services revenue increased by 11 per cent. This highlights how 
our large installed base continues to provide services opportunities, 
as customers seek to optimise the efficiency of their aircraft. 

Profit increased by seven per cent. Adjusted for the SDSR benefit 
in 2011, profit increased by 28 per cent due to increased OE volumes 
and mix, growth in services, unit cost improvements and a  
lower R&D charge.

Key financial data 

Order book £m

Engine deliveries
Underlying revenue £m

Underlying OE revenue £m
Underlying service revenue £m
Underlying profit before 
financing £m

Highlights

2009
2008
6,451
5,527
+17%
+23%
662
517
2,010
1,686 
+19%
+1%
739
964
947 1,046
253
223
+13%
+12%

2010
6,506
+1%
710
2,123
+6%
1,020
1,103
309
+22%

2011
6,035
-7%
814
2,235
+5%
1,102
1,133
376
+22%

2012 
5,157
-15%
864
2,417
+8%
1,231
1,186
404
+7%

•	 US$1	billion	of	contracts	for	OE	and	services	for	military	

transport, trainer and helicopter engines for the US Army, 
US Air Force, US Marine Corps and US Navy

•	 A	US$315	million	contract	for	LiftSystems	for	the	F-35B	STOVL	

variant of the Lightning II aircraft

•	 Launch	of	fuel-saving	initiative	with	the	Royal	Australian 
Air Force on C-130 operations and a £100 million contract 
extension to maintain engines for C-130 and VC-10 aircraft 
from the UK MoD

•	 An	order	for	new	Adour	engines	to	power	Hawk	trainers	for	the	

Royal Saudi Air Force

Tom Bell
President – Defence aerospace

Revenue mix

Revenue by market sector

  46%  OE revenue
  49%  Services revenue
5%  Development

  36%  Combat
  54%  Transport
  10%  UAV/trainer

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Defence aerospace

Rolls-Royce remains the second largest provider of defence 
aero-engine products and services globally with 18,000 engines in 
the service of 160 customers in 103 countries. Our engines power 
aircraft in every major sector, including: transport; combat; patrol; 
trainers; helicopters; and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). 

The first flight of the Adour-powered nEUROn, an unmanned 
combat air vehicle developed by six European partners, took place. 
The stealth technology demonstrator will undergo testing in France 
before moving to Sweden, in 2014 for operational trials, and also to 
Italy to measure stealth characteristics and undergo live-firing tests.

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Transport/Patrol
We are a world leader in the military transport/patrol market with 
over 8,000 engines in service. The AE 2100 engine fleet for the 
Lockheed Martin C-130J, the Alenia C-27J, and other transport/patrol 
aircraft, expanded in 2012. 

The TP400 engine for the Airbus A400M military transport aircraft 
has amassed over 16,000 engine flying hours in its flight-test 
programme. Engine deliveries for the first production aircraft  
began in 2012, with entry into service planned for 2013.

Flight-tests of a technology upgrade for the T56 engine were 
successfully concluded by the US Air Force. Our ‘3.5 upgrade’  
kit will provide operators of legacy variants of the C-130 and  
P-3 aircraft with significant fuel savings and, therefore,  
reduced operating costs.

Combat
2012 was a significant year for the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem® which 
provides the STOVL capability for Lockheed Martin’s F-35B Lightning 
II Joint Strike Fighter. The US Marine Corps and the UK MoD received 
their first deliveries of their STOVL aircraft. The F-35B exceeded the 
500th short take-off milestone early in the year and the US Marine 
Corps commissioned its first operational squadron of F-35Bs in 
Yuma, US.

We delivered the 300th EJ200 engine built by Rolls-Royce for the 
Eurofighter Typhoon programme, which has significant export 
opportunities in the Middle East and Asia. The Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia is already a major export customer and at the end of 2012 
Oman announced its intention to purchase 12 Typhoon aircraft. 

In the US, we initiated testing on a new, advanced technology 
engine compressor, focusing on reducing fuel consumption as part 
of our involvement in the Highly Energy Efficient Turbine Engine 
(HEETE) programme for the US Air Force. 

Together with Snecma, we signed a contract to study the 
architecture and characteristics required for the next generation 
of UK and French combat aircraft engines. 

Unmanned vehicles
The fleet of AE 3007H engines which power the Northrop Grumman 
Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance and Triton platforms 
continues to grow, with 67 engines delivered and about 50 
additional engines projected. 

Rolls-Royce is to power the US Navy’s Broad Area Maritime 
Surveillance (BAMS) aircraft and we also see opportunities in the 
US Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and 
Strike (UCLASS) aircraft programme.

Small engines
We delivered the first production M250 engines to Grob for its new 
G120TP trainer aircraft, while in helicopters the RR300 achieved its 
first 30,000 hours flight time on the Robinson R66 and the CTS800 
engine surpassed 100,000 in-service flight hours. The M250, which 
has now amassed over 200 million flight hours, powered the first 
flight of the GippsAero GA10, while the CTS800 achieved FAA 
certification for the Turkish T129 ATAK helicopter.

Services
The provision of engine support through MissionCare™ continues 
to generate significant revenues across a wide range of engines. 
The US Armed Forces placed contracts to support engines powering 
C-130, V-22, T-45 Goshawk aircraft and Kiowa Warrior helicopters 
totalling over US$560 million. 

The Royal Australian Air Force became the first military customer 
to implement fuel usage analysis and modelling techniques, to help 
improve the fuel efficiency of its C-130 transport fleet. The 
techniques were first developed by Rolls-Royce for civil airline 
customers.

We opened our first US Operations Centre in Indianapolis, US.  
The US$2 million investment will offer technical support from 
a 50-strong team of technical and engineering experts. We also 
opened the first Defence Service Delivery Centre at RAF Marham  
in the UK.

During the year we delivered 
the 300th EJ200 engine built 
by Rolls-Royce for the 
Eurofighter programme.

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Marine

The order book increased 44 per cent including new orders of £3.3 billion 
(2011 £2.1 billion). This includes the £1.1 billion order by the UK MoD to 
deliver reactor cores for its future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. 
Offshore orders reflected improved demand in the oil and gas sector, 
especially for drill ships and support vessels in Brazil. This was partially 
offset by continued weak order flow in the merchant sector. 

Revenue reduced by one per cent, reflecting increased pricing 
pressure and adverse foreign exchange movements. Both OE 
and services revenue improved in the second half, reflecting 
improvement in the offshore sector and a better capture of the 
services market resulting from the recent expansion of our global 
network of services centres.

Profit increased by two per cent due to better revenue mix and cost 
reduction, partially offset by pricing pressures and adverse foreign 
exchange movement.

Key financial data

Order book £m

Underlying revenue £m

Underlying OE revenue £m
Underlying service revenue £m
Underlying profit before
financing £m

2008
5,190
+10%
2,204
+42%
1,492
712
183
+62%

2009
3,526
-32%
2,589
+17%
1,804
785
263
+44%

2010
2,977
-16%
2,591
+0%
1,719
872
332
+26%

2012 
2011*
3,954
2,737
+44%
-8%
2,249
2,271
-12%
-1%
1,322 1,288
961
294
+2%

949
287*
-14%

* 2011 figures restated due to transfer of Bergen to new Engine Holding segment

Highlights

•	 £147	million	in	new	orders	from	Brazil	for	drill	ships	and	highly	

complex offshore vessels 

•	 £119	million	of	contracts	to	design	and	equip	ten	offshore	supply	

vessels for COSCO, Farstad and Hyundai 

•	 First	contract	for	MT30	gas	turbine	outside	of	US	and	UK	home	
markets – chosen by Republic of Korea Navy for future frigate 

•	 US	Navy	contract	to	power	the	two	latest	Littoral	Combat	Ships

•	 MT7	gas	turbines	chosen	for	US	Navy’s	future	hovercraft	fleet	

•	 World’s	first	gas-powered	tug	commissioned	and	world’s	first 

gas-powered cargo vessel entered service 

•	 £1.1	billion	order	for	naval	nuclear	reactor	core	programmes

Tony Wood
President – Marine

Revenue mix

Revenue by market sector

  57%  OE revenue
  43%  Services revenue

  33%  Naval
  20%  Merchant
  47%  Offshore

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Marine

Rolls-Royce has a world-leading range of capabilities in the marine 
market, encompassing the design, supply and support of power 
and propulsion systems.

The MT7 gas turbine was selected to power the US Navy’s future 
fleet of up to 73 hovercraft.

We are leaders in the integration of technologically complex 
systems for offshore oil and gas, merchant and naval surface and 
submarine vessels. Comprehensive through-life support for our 
customers is provided through an expanding global network of 
service facilities. 

Increased price pressure had an effect on trading, there was a 
reduced order flow in some merchant sectors and challenges to 
naval budgets in developed economies. Despite these headwinds, 
the Marine business continued to perform well in 2012. 

We remain well positioned to capitalise on opportunities in the 
highly specialised offshore oil and gas sector. In addition, we are 
leveraging our global support network to service an increasing 
proportion of the installed base of equipment.

We continue to strengthen our position in new markets, including 
Brazil and Korea.

Offshore
We further consolidated our strong position in the oil and gas 
sector with encouraging growth in order intake, revenues and 
profitability. This was largely based on the success of our specialist 
UT vessel design capabilities, which now includes highly efficient 
wave-piercing vessels.

As the industry continues to explore deeper and more challenging 
environments, like those in the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil 
and in the Arctic region, our core product and systems capabilities 
enable us to be a strong partner for our offshore customers.

Merchant
We continue to invest in technology that addresses the need for 
cleaner, more efficient and environmentally sustainable power and 
propulsion systems. Our market leading LNG-fuelled C engine 
positions us well for opportunities that arise from stricter 
environmental standards from 2016. Ship design enhances our 
ability to offer integrated solutions.

Naval
In our surface naval activities, we are developing greater design 
capabilities for auxiliary craft. Our innovative commercial ship 
design capability was extended with a new team to design ships 
for navies, coastguards and other maritime agencies.

In 2012, we delivered gas turbine-based power and propulsion 
equipment for the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship and the Royal 
Navy’s Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers. The MT30 gas 
turbine’s success on both of these programmes has generated 
strong interest from navies in Europe, South America and in Asia 
where the Republic of Korea Navy chose the MT30 to power its next 
generation frigate programme. 

Underlining the high level of confidence that the MoD has in our 
technology and our people, the Submarines business secured a 
contract worth £1.1 billion for the regeneration of the reactor core 
manufacturing facility at Derby and the continued delivery of 
reactor cores for the UK’s nuclear powered submarine fleet. 

Rolls-Royce continued to deliver against key milestones in the 
programme to replace the current Vanguard class of nuclear 
submarines, ensuring further long-term stability for the naval 
reactor business. 

The opening of the new Primary Components Operations facility 
in the UK during the year, allowed the Group to rationalise its 
component manufacturing capability, delivering improved 
efficiencies for our customer. 

Services 
In 2012, we enhanced our capacity to realise better the significant 
opportunity that our large installed base of equipment represents. 
We expanded our service centre network through the opening of 
new facilities in China, and introduced a streamlined global spare 
parts distribution network and 24/7 service desks to improve 
customer delivery and responsiveness. In addition, we also opened 
a state-of-the-art technology and training centre to provide closer 
customer support.

Our new wave-piercing design 
of offshore support vessel 
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Energy

The order book reduced by nine per cent, with new orders 
of £0.8 billion (2011 £1.3 billion). In the oil and gas market, 
high oil prices and global growth continue to sustain bid 
activity, albeit with pricing pressures and order deferrals 
by some customers. While the power generation market  
in mature economies remains suppressed, we are seeing 
growth in developing countries. We continue to invest  
for future growth in Civil Nuclear.

Revenue fell by 11 per cent due to a significant reduction in OE 
revenue and adverse revenue mix in oil and gas, and in power 
generation. The OE reduction was partially offset by an 11 per cent 
increase in services revenue. Services revenue, particularly in oil and 
gas, benefited from a better penetration of the aftermarket from 
the installed base across all sectors. 

Key financial data

Order book £m

Engine deliveries
Underlying revenue £m

Underlying OE revenue £m
Underlying service revenue £m
Underlying profit before 
financing £m

2008
1,250
+45%
106
755
+35%
385
370
(2)
-140%

2009
1,262
+1%
87
1,028
+36%
558
470
24
+1300%

2010
1,180
-6%
95
1,233
+20%
691
542
27
+13%

2011*
1,420
+20%
48
1,083
-12%
527
556
16
-41%

2012 
1,290
-9%
49
962
-11%
344
618
21
+31%

* 2011 figures restated due to transfer of Bergen to new Engine Holding segment

Highlights

•	 Six	RB211	gas	turbine	packages	ordered	by	PetroChina	

•	 Service	revenue	up	11	per	cent,	333	engines	under	management

•	 LG	acquired	51	per	cent	of	Rolls-Royce	Fuel	Cell	Systems	(US)	Inc.

•	 Tidal	Generation	Ltd	sold	to	Alstom	in	January	2013

•	 RB211-Gzero	launched	

•	 £1.5	million	investment	24/7	global	Operational	Service	 

Desk completed

•	 Enhanced	agreement	with	AREVA	for	UK	civil	nuclear	new	build	

•	 Collaboration	agreement	with	Hitachi	following	its	acquisition	 

of Horizon Nuclear Power 

•	 Expanded	global	footprint	with	acquisition	of	US-based	nuclear	

services business

Andrew Heath
President – Energy

Revenue mix

Revenue by market sector

  36%  OE revenue
  64%  Services revenue

  64%  Oil and gas
  25%  Power generation
  11%  Civil Nuclear/other

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Energy

With over 4,600 industrial gas turbines sold, recording over  
180 million hours of operating experience, our Energy business 
plays a critical role in supporting global infrastructure. 

Our technology powers offshore oil platforms around the world  
and transports oil and gas through 35 pipelines in 24 countries.  
Our power generation technology solutions ensure that reliable, 
dependable and flexible electricity supplies are efficiently met, 
without comprising emissions performance. We have also 
established a strong position in the civil nuclear sector.

Service
Our strategy to strengthen our aftermarket products and services 
capability delivered solid revenue growth. Excluding the land-based 
reciprocating engines that are now reported in Engine Holding, 
there are a total of 333 units, or 19 per cent of the core engine fleet, 
under long-term service agreements. We launched the RB211-Gzero, 
a retrofit upgrade product for the RB211-G gas generator, which 
provides many existing users of industrial RB211 aero-derivative 
gas turbine engines with a nominal power increase of ten per cent 
depending on ambient temperature and engine type. 

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In total, ten RB211 gas turbines were ordered for oil and gas 
applications, nine of which are for pipeline compression projects. 
We secured a US$75 million contract to supply PetroChina with an 
additional six RB211-driven pipeline compressor units and related 
services to power the flow of natural gas through Line 3 of the 
West-East Pipeline Project (WEPP), the world’s longest pipeline 
and a crucial element of China’s drive towards cleaner energy 
consumption. When completed in 2015, the 7,000km WEPP Line 3 
will link China’s western Xinjiang autonomous region to Fuijan 
province in the south-east, transporting up to 30 billion cubic 
metres of gas per year. The contract significantly increases our 
supply to the WEPP network, bringing the total number of RB211 
units sold for this huge infrastructure project to 37.

Our new Operational Service Desk provides 24/7 technical support 
to customers, considerably enhancing our global service and parts 
delivery capabilities.

Civil Nuclear
During 2012, Rolls-Royce maintained its focus on the global and 
strategic growth of its Nuclear business and made solid progress  
in strengthening its position in this market.

We signed a strategic collaboration agreement in support of  
AREVA’s plans to build new nuclear reactors and continued our 
collaboration with Rosatom on the development of global civil 
nuclear programmes. We have an agreement to support Hitachi, 
with its plans to build nuclear power stations at two sites in the UK.

The Group is modernising safety-critical instrumentation and 
control (I&C) systems on EDF’s 1,300MW nuclear fleet in France and 
we are delivering I&C solutions to eight new nuclear power stations 
being built in China. 

Our Nuclear Services business delivered a multi-million dollar 
package of automated handling, transportation and storage 
technology to Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd and secured a contract 
to provide specialist inspection solutions to Canadian nuclear 
utility, Bruce Power. At the end of 2012, we acquired PKMJ Technical 
Services, a specialist US-based software and nuclear engineering 
services company.

In addition, we secured a £24 million contract to supply three  
RB211 units for duty on the Uzbekistan section of the Asia Trans  
Gas (ATG) pipeline, and a contract to supply PTT’s Ethane Separation 
Plant in Rayong, Thailand, with an additional unit to extend our 
scope at the site.

Construction of our new purpose-built packaging, assembly and 
test facility at Santa Cruz outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is on track. 
The facility will open in 2013, positioning us for long-term growth 
from within Brazil. The first units to be delivered from Santa Cruz 
will be in fulfilment of the US$650 million contract awarded by 
Petrobras in 2011 which requires 32 RB211 gas turbine units to 
support its offshore production activities in the pre-salt, ultra-
deepwater oil fields.

Power generation
Despite subdued demand for new power generation capacity in 
mature economies, £62 million in orders were received for four 
industrial Trent 60 gas turbines. Two units will support production 
expansion of LUKOIL’s Stavrolen petrochemicals plant in Russia, 
and single units will respectively support Empresa Nacional de 
Electricidad’s El Alto power plant in Bolivia, and textile and 
chemicals conglomerate CYDSA’s processing plants at Coatzacoalcos 
Veracruz, México. We successfully completed several landmark 
installation and commissioning projects, including eight Trents for 
the Bayonne Energy Centre electric power plant in Bayonne, NJ, US, 
which supplies electricity to 400,000 homes in New York City at 
peak times. 

Industrial Trents power New 
York City from this Bayonne 
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Excellence in technology

In 2012, Rolls-Royce invested £919 million in gross research  
and development of which £577 million was funded from the 
Group’s own resources. We create intellectual property which  
is then embedded in our products and services. This year,  
475 patents were filed. 

Rolls-Royce has a track record of innovative products and services 
founded on a robust investment in technology. During 2012, we 
launched an Innovation Strategy which put in place a number of 
mechanisms to encourage our people to share and develop new 
ideas, ensuring that the flow of future technology remains strong. 
Through ‘open innovation’ we also invited other organisations to 
contribute to our technical challenges. 

This year we invested significantly on our high-performance 
computing (HPC) capability and on several Design Key Systems 
which automate much of the design and make process for 
components, freeing up engineers to apply their skills to more 
complex and critical tasks. 

Research and technology
We have an engineering resource inside the Group of 14,700 
engineers. Many work as integrated teams across international 
borders on our major programmes and a number of our top 
engineers, or Rolls-Royce Fellows, are recognised as world-renowned 
experts in their fields. 

In addition to our in-house R&D capability, Rolls-Royce undertakes 
advanced research via a global network of 28 university technology 
centres. Each centre is funded by the Group and undertakes 
specialist work in a particular engineering field, led by world-class 
academics. In 2012, we celebrated the 21st anniversary of  
this network.

In 2012, we invested £139 million in research and technology in 
addition to the significant government funding. In October 2012, 
together with the University of Birmingham, we announced a new 
£60 million centre for research into high-temperature metallurgy. 
This is the latest in a series of seven new research and advanced 
manufacturing centres the Group has helped to establish in the 
past four years. We believe our leading position in these centres  
will deliver significant benefit for the future in technologies and 
advanced manufacturing processes. 

Colin Smith CBE
Director – Engineering and Technology

Gross research and development

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Excellence in technology

Civil aerospace
Our newest large engine programme, the Trent XWB for the Airbus 
A350 XWB family was successfully certificated on 7 February 2013. 
It began its flight-test programme in February 2012 on a modified 
A380 and completed over 150 flying hours. The initial engine 
entering service will be rated at 84,000lb thrust. The more powerful 
97,000lb thrust engine for the later A350-1000 aircraft programme 
is progressing into the design and definition phase. 

The new Trent 1000 engine was the first to enter service on the 
Boeing 787 Dreamliner and completed its first year in service with 
launch customer ANA, in October 2012. 

Gulfstream’s ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range G650 business jet 
aircraft with the BR725 engine, has received its final certification 
from Federal Aviation Administration and entered into service. 

We successfully completed the E3E programme in 2012 which 
demonstrated core technology for our future two-shaft engine 
portfolio. Offering significant improvements in fuel consumption, 
unit cost, weight and emissions, it provides technologies for our 
BR700-NextGen and into our wider portfolio. 

Defence aerospace
Since the T56 entered production in 1954, over 18,000 T56/501-D 
turboprops have been installed on a wide variety of propeller-driven 
aircraft. We recently successfully created a technology insertion 
package to significantly improve fuel efficiency on the US Air Force’s 
C-130H Hercules transporter. In tests, our T56 Series 3.5 
Enhancement Package demonstrated an eight per cent fuel 
consumption improvement. Once certified, the T56 Series 3.5 
will help extend the life of this ageing fleet. 

Our T56-A427A engine, with a modern electronic engine control and 
fuel pump metering unit replacing the previous hydro-mechanical 
control, is now ready for full production after receiving US Navy 
military qualification and successfully completing the initial 
operational test and evaluation. Two of these engines power the 
US Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and 
electronic warfare systems aircraft.

The Rolls-Royce LiftSystem for the F-35B Lightning II STOVL fighter 
aircraft entered service with the US Marine Corps in late 2012. 

Marine
The Far Solitaire, a Rolls-Royce designed platform supply vessel for 
the offshore oil and gas industry, was named ship of the year at the 
Shipbuilding, Machinery and Marine Technology exhibition, the 
leading international maritime trade fair. This is the third time  
in five years a Rolls-Royce designed vessel has won the award.

We have delivered our first permanent magnet tunnel thruster.  
This new design reduces noise and vibration and increases power 
by 25 per cent, compared to traditional models of the same size.

Design of the PWR3 nuclear power plant for the UK Trident 
Successor Programme is progressing well. The new reactor plant 
design was selected by the UK MoD to provide easier operation, 
longer service life and lower through-life costs. A UK Government 
decision on the successor to Trident is planned for 2016. 

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Energy
The successful industrial version of the RB211 gas turbine is used  
all over the world in oil and gas and power generation markets.  
Over 700 industrial RB211s have been sold, achieving more than  
30 million operating hours. In 2012, we announced the launch of  
the RB211-Gzero a retrofit upgrade product that provides the 
engine with a nominal power increase of ten per cent.

The distinctive power and efficiency of the industrial Trent were 
strengthened in 2012, together with its capability on low emissions 
and its operational flexibility for oil and gas applications.

The Trent XWB undergoing tests 
at the Group’s outdoor facility in 
Mississippi, US.

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Excellence in operations

We continue to invest globally in capacity and 
capability that will help our customers and our 
business succeed.

Manufacturing technology and infrastructure
Through the year, good progress has been made on the  
introduction of a broad spectrum of technology projects that  
will reduce operational costs, increase output and improve  
product performance. 

Manufacturing capacity
We have added significant manufacturing capacity to meet  
our customers’ needs and to successfully deliver our substantial 
order book. 

Rolls-Royce has opened 19 new facilities in the past three years  
in locations including the UK, Germany, Norway, US, Singapore, 
China and Brazil. 

In 2012, we opened our largest facility in Asia, at Seletar Aerospace 
Park in Singapore, and delivered our first Trent 900 engine from the 
site. At full capacity, this facility will be capable of producing a Trent 
engine every working day and 6,000 fan blades each year. 

Other major projects include: construction of an advanced blade 
casting facility in Rotherham, UK, and our advanced blade and vane 
machining facility at our Crosspointe campus in Virginia, US.  
We also made a significant extension to our engine testing facility 
in Dahlewitz, Germany and developed a major facility for assembly 
and test in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that will support our Marine and 
Energy businesses. 

Advanced centres 
Five advanced manufacturing research centres are now all fully 
operational in the UK with the number of research projects 
doubling over the past 12 months to more than 160. 

The sixth centre of the network, in Virginia, US, opened its doors in 
September and building work has started in Singapore on an 
advanced remanufacturing and technology centre. 

Alain Michaelis
Operations Director

£491 million

Capital expenditure on new and 
improved facilities

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Seletar celebrating delivery of 
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These centres, which are the result of collaboration between 
governments, universities and industrial partners, form a vital 
bridge between the creation of a concept and industrial application. 
This allows us to work with suppliers, university research teams and 
technology providers to develop and prove manufacturing 
processes before making major investment decisions.

Suppliers
As an increasingly global business, we continue to develop our 
supply base in emerging markets, whilst also deepening our 
relationship with existing suppliers.

In the UK, we are taking a leading role in the UK Government’s 
‘Sharing in Growth’ initiative which will provide around 30 UK 
suppliers with a tailored, in-depth training and development 
programme. The aim is to create a competitive group of UK 
suppliers to help achieve sustainable, competitive performance 
as the industry continues to grow.

As we work alongside our suppliers, we also have to make sure we 
strike the right balance between what we choose to do ourselves 
and what we buy. We have acquired the Aero Engine Controls (AEC) 
business, in order to strengthen our offering in the increasingly 
important engine control systems market. 

Information technology
In 2012, we invested over £100 million in IT as part of our ongoing 
investment programme. This programme is addressing the need to 
modernise data centres, improve networks, and upgrade personal 
computers and software across more than 265 sites in 39 countries.

Continuous improvement
We continually apply technology and operational improvements 
to drive productivity and the efficiency of the power systems  
we produce. 

We apply lean techniques to our design, manufacture and our 
suppliers so that the actions of everyone involved will drive 
efficiency, quality and safety in all we do.

The production flow of our LiftFan™ 
assembly facility in the US is mapped 
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Sustainability – better power 
for a changing world

As a leader in technology, we believe that advanced engineering 
has a critical role to play in achieving a sustainable future. 
We are committed to developing the most efficient power 
systems in the world. This helps the environment and our 
customers by enabling them to do more, using less. Focusing 
on the environmental performance of our products and 
operations, investing in our people and, engaging with  
our communities helps grow our business.

Environment

We apply our knowledge and technology to develop the best 
solutions for the environment and our customers. Our 
environmental strategy has been revised in 2012 to reflect the main 
focus of investment and effort applied by the Group, concentrating 
on three areas:

1.   support customers by further reducing the environmental 

impact of our products and services;

2.   develop new technology for future low-emission products; and

3.   maintain our drive to reduce the environmental impact of our 

business activities.

1. Support customers by further reducing the environmental 
impact of our products and services
We have a strong track record of reducing the emissions of our 
products through significant investment in R&D. In 2012, we 
invested £919 million in R&D, of which around two thirds is aimed 
at reducing the environmental impact of our products. Since the 
first jet airliners of around 50 years ago, on a per passenger-
kilometre basis, aircraft burn 70 per cent less fuel and are 75 per 
cent quieter. An Environmental Advisory Board of distinguished 
academics and leading authorities in their respective fields, 
provides independent expert advice to inform business strategy 
and design processes.

The Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe 
(ACARE) has set challenging goals for aviation to meet by 2050 (base 
year 2000). In 2012, we helped define the priorities for Strategic 
Research and Innovation in aviation to meet the ACARE goals:

•	 reducing aircraft CO2 emissions by 75 per cent 

per passenger kilometre;

•	 reducing noise by 65 per cent; and
•	 reducing oxides of nitrogen (NOX) by 90 per cent.

Innovative new gas-powered ferry design for Lauro Shipping.

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
We continue to be one of the 
leading companies in the CDP  
Index. Our 2012 carbon disclosure 
score was 72 and our performance 
band ‘B’. We led the Global 500 
industrials in governance and 
strategy, emissions management 
and reporting.

Dow Jones Sustainability World 
and European Indexes (DJSI)
We have retained our position in  
the DJSI for the eleventh consecutive 
year, with an overall score of  
74 per cent, well above the average 
of 42 per cent in the aviation and 
defence sector.

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Sustainability

Innovation provides increasingly efficient products worldwide
The Trent XWB – due to enter service in 2014 – is proving to be the 
most efficient large civil aero engine ever produced, burning 16 per 
cent less fuel per passenger kilometre than our first Trent engine 
which entered service in 1995.

3. Maintain our drive to reduce the environmental impact of our 
business activities
Greenhouse gas emissions
In 2009, we set three year GHG reduction targets for our facilities 
and can now report that we have exceeded these (see table below).

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Trent 500

Trent 900

Trent 1000

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CO2 (Engine)

ACARE Target:
75% overall reduction in
CO2 per passenger
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engine long-term goals).

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We are investing in technology to provide more efficient marine 
power and propulsion systems as well as ‘whole ship’ integrated 
designs. In 2012, we delivered our first lean-burn gas-powered 
platform supply vessel cargo ship and announced orders for our first 
gas-powered tugs. We introduced new propulsor technologies, 
including our first permanent magnet tunnel thruster and our first 
thruster to make extensive use of composite materials. 

Innovative vessel designs use the Environship concept, 
incorporating wave-piercing hull features. A liquefied natural gas 
engine and an integrated rudder and propeller system combination 
can reduce fuel consumption, and cut CO2 emissions by up to 40 per 
cent compared to conventional vessels.

In energy markets, our Trent 60 is the most advanced 
aero-derivative gas turbine available today, establishing a new 
benchmark for fuel economy and cost savings. Our RFA36 and 
RFA24 are the most efficient pipeline compressors available today 
with field-proven efficiencies of up to 91 per cent, saving energy 
costs for our customers.

2. Develop new technology for future low emission products
Nuclear power can make a significant contribution to future low 
carbon electricity generation. 

2012 final target achievement

Target area

Facility GHG emissions (absolute) 
excluding product test and development
Total Group GHG emissions (normalised by 
turnover) including product test and 
development

Targeted
reduction by

end 2012 1

Actual 2

5%

6.5%

10%

16%

1  Based on 2009 GHG emissions
2  Energy/GHG data has been forecast based on data collected during January to October 

2012. The ‘Basis of Reporting’ is available at www.rolls-royce.com

Our total GHG emissions (including product test and development) 
was 550 ktCO2e in 2012, a reduction of four per cent compared  
with 572 ktCO2e in 2009 (see table below). This reduction has  
been achieved, despite a growth in our global facilities footprint, 
through a sustained investment in new and more efficient 
manufacturing facilities. In 2012, we invested over £3 million in 
energy reduction projects such as the upgrade of compressed air 
plant, furnace controls and, lighting systems and controls within 
our existing facilities.

GHG emissions breakdown

Total ktCO2e
(includes emissions associated with 
product development and testing)

Direct emissions
Indirect emissions
Total

2009

215
357
572 

2010

236
365
601

2011

229
346
575

2012

213
337
550

We continue to recognise the need to reduce the emissions of our 
operations and we are reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. We are 
seeking to make wider use of more sustainable energy sources, like 
renewable and other low carbon technologies, where cost effective 
and practical. 

New energy and GHG reduction targets aimed at sustaining our 
improvement will be set for the next three years.

As a key player in the industry for 50 years, we have extensive 
knowledge of nuclear technology, its safety and control. Our nuclear 
capabilities span the reactor life-cycle, from concept design through 
to obsolescence management and plant life extension. 

Certification
Our business segments have certification to the environmental 
management systems standard ISO 14001.

Our expertise including component manufacturing, licensing, 
project and supply chain management as well as world-class 
engineering, positions us well to support nuclear power growth.

We are also working with customers and fuel companies to ensure 
that future biofuels, which will be part of the solution for aviation 
towards 2050, meet our requirements, with the important caveats 
that they are sustainable, do not compete with the growth of food 
crops and are used in the most effective way to maximise the 
reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Global supply chain
During 2012, we expanded the application of lean techniques across 
the supply chain. Our suppliers increased their metal recycling and 
further engaged in paperless purchasing practices. We continue to 
request key suppliers are ISO 14001 certificated and support them 
to meet their obligations under the European REACH (Registration, 
Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) legislation.

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Sustainability

Our people

We support business growth by creating an inclusive working 
environment that attracts and retains the best people. 

We employ 42,800 people in more than 50 countries across our  
four global market sectors: 

Average number of employees

2012

2011

By region

United Kingdom

Rest of the world

Total

By sector

Civil aerospace 

Defence aerospace

Marine 

Energy

Engine Holding
Total

22,800

20,000

42,800

21,500

7,800

8,800

3,700

1,000
42,800

21,600

18,800

40,400

19,800

7,600

8,600

3,500

900
40,400

Rolls-Royce is committed to creating a working environment which 
helps people to perform at their best. Great value is placed on giving 
a voice to our workforce and we engage and involve people in 
improving the business and welcome their feedback. Information 
on business and work issues is shared with our employees and their 
representatives through established communication channels.  
We reward and recognise high performance and encourage our 
employees to become investors in the Company. 

Human rights are reflected in our policies and standards covering 
Business Ethics, Health and Safety, the Environment, Employees,  
and Community Investment. We oppose any form of child labour  
or practices which inhibit the development of children. We believe 
employment should be freely chosen and commit to refrain from 
using forced or involuntary labour.

Encouraging diversity
Our Global Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group is comprised of 
main board directors and senior executives. It promotes an inclusive 
workplace in which individuals feel they are respected, valued and 
have an equal opportunity to progress.

The Group’s global workforce is 15 per cent female with eight per 
cent female senior executives. About two thirds of our workforce is 
in engineering or manufacturing with historically low female 
representation. We actively work with schools and universities to 
increase interest and encourage diversity amongst those taking 
STEM subjects, and to broaden the career aspirations of individuals 
from under-represented groups. 

Our female and international graduate recruitment has increased 
steadily over recent years, 26 per cent of overall graduate 
development programme participants are female and 38 per cent 
are non-British. Around 50 per cent of participants are female in  
our non-engineering and non-manufacturing programmes. 

The Group is committed to developing a diverse workforce and 
equal opportunities for all. Our policy is to provide employment 
training and development opportunities for disabled people 
wherever possible. We are committed to supporting employees  
who become disabled during employment and helping disabled 
employees make the best use of their skills and potential. 

Resourcing and development
In 2012, we recruited over 2,800 experienced professionals to 
support the growth of our business, nine per cent higher than 
in 2011. We recruited 318 apprentices. We engage with universities 
globally, and in 2012 recruited 312 graduates on to our corporate 
graduate programme from 89 universities and 36 nations. 
To support long-term growth objectives, we plan to further  
increase our graduate programme in 2013. 

In 2012, we supported 47,500 employees and sub-contract 
personnel through our learning management system, MyLearning. 
A total of 249,000 training courses were completed during the year. 
Learning investment for 2012 was £39 million. 

In November, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, 
opened the new apprentice academy in Derby. The £6 million 
investment, supported by the Skills Funding Agency, provides 
capacity for Rolls-Royce to double the number of apprentices it 
trains. They will provide an additional source of skilled employees  
to our supply chain. In the UK, the academy won the Gen II Macro 
Employer of the Year category of the National Apprenticeship 
Awards. 

Our regional training centre strategy places product training close 
to our customers. A new training centre in Ålesund, opened by the 
Crown Prince of Norway in November, complements the existing 
facilities in Derby, Bristol, Singapore and Indianapolis.

Demand for customer training continues to increase with a  
35 per cent growth in 2012. On-line learning is available to all  
our customers through the Group’s website at www.rolls-royce.com. 

In July, the launch at the Farnborough International Airshow of a Lego 
working replica of a Trent engine fuelled ten million Tweets – including 
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Health and safety
Rolls-Royce is committed to continual improvement in the 
standards of health and safety in the workplace. A main board 
director has responsibility for this. The Board receives regular 
reports on progress against targets and improvement programmes. 

Employees receive mandatory health and safety training. As a result 
of this focus, health and safety performance has shown steady 
improvement over many years. However, tragically, in 2012 we 
suffered two employee fatalities. In the first incident, an employee 
was fatally injured whilst working on electrical equipment at a 
customer site. In the second, an employee drowned in a river during 
a company organised event. Thorough investigations for both 
incidents were carried out. These are the first fatalities since 2008. 

We continued to make progress on our major global  
improvement programmes. We reviewed machinery guarding 
and lifting programmes at 30 sites as part of our review of process 
safety management. 

Business segments have global certification to OSHAS 18001, 
confirming our commitment to globally consistent health and 
safety standards. 

Exposure monitoring confirmed that existing controls should meet 
the new exposure and release standards under the EU Registration, 
REACH regulations. 

We further engaged our employees in improving health and safety 
with focused activities during HS&E Week and over 5,000 
employees taking part in a global wellness programme.

Our total reportable injury (TRI) rate continues to decline – 
a 23.5 per cent drop in 2012 gives a 28 per cent reduction over the 
past three years from 0.72 TRI per 100 employees to 0.52. This fell 
short of our target of a 50 per cent reduction by the end of 2012. 
Our primary focus has been on high potential incidents which could 
lead to significant injury or harm, rather than the broader measure 
of TRI which also includes minor incidents.

Engaging with governments 
and communities

Working with governments
We engage in dialogue to align our business needs with the 
political, social, and commercial requirements of host governments 
in our key markets. Where we achieve such alignment, for example 
in Singapore, the benefits for both the Group and the country can 
be considerable.

In the UK, the Government has made strategic investments in the 
aerospace industry through the Aerospace Growth Partnership. In 
2012, they announced a £40 million investment, matched by 
industry, in the Rolls-Royce led SILOET II programme (Strategic 
Investment in Low-carbon Engine Technology). We expect this 
programme to deliver improvements in engine fuel economy  
for both widebody and narrowbody civil aircraft. 

A further Government investment of £25 million was added 
to the £40 million from industry to support a series of research 
and technology projects including SAMULET II (Strategic 
Affordable Manufacturing in the UK through Leading 
Environmental Technologies). This Rolls-Royce led collaborative 
programme aims to accelerate the development of manufacturing 
and product technologies. 

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This year the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, performed the 
groundbreaking ceremonies for our new factories at Rotherham 
and Washington, Tyne and Wear, UK.

In view of the importance of EU regulation and funding for  
the Group’s activities, Rolls-Royce enlarged its EU Affairs team  
in Brussels. Our main EU affairs activities in 2012 focused on  
two areas: financial regulation and the future framework for 
EU R&D funding. 

We continued to monitor EU legislation on financial regulatory 
reform for its impact on non-financial companies like Rolls-Royce. 
Throughout the year, we provided input to the decision-making 
procedure on Horizon 2020 – the EU Research and Innovation 
funding framework for 2014-2020. Other policy areas have also 
required our attention, such as: REACH; the future monitoring, 
reporting and verification system for maritime emissions; revised 
noise rules in the field of aviation; alternative fuel policies; and 
international free trade agreement negotiations. We organised  
high-level meetings with relevant EU Commissioners during the 
year; gave evidence to the ‘Liikanen group’, the EU’s high-level group 
on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector; and submitted 
responses to a number of Commission consultations. Rolls-Royce 
is registered in the EU’s Transparency register where more 
information about our activities and involvement in associations 
can be found.

In North America, our relationships with a variety of domestic 
industry and government bodies provide an essential platform to 
communicate on a broad array of issues from aviation emissions to 
energy-related appropriations.

We engage with Congress (in both the House of Representatives 
and the Senate) at the Committee, District and State level. Our 
Political Action Committee (PAC) operates in accordance with all 
legal and ethical requirements. 

We have hosted a number of Congressional visits including 
President Obama’s visit to our new Crosspointe facility, Virginia, US. 

Our membership of North American major trade associations 
(including the Aerospace Industries Association, Organization for 
International Investment and the US Chamber of Commerce), 
enables us to support broader coalition efforts. This guards against 
any potential protectionist measures which may be detrimental to 
Group interests.

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Sustainability

The Group encourages the interest of young people in Science, Technology, 
Engineering and Mathematics.

Community investment
We have a long-standing commitment to the communities we 
operate in around the world and during 2012 the Group’s total 
contribution (including money, employee time and gifts in kind) 
was £8 million.

Our community investment activities support the Group’s strategy 
and future success, particularly in the areas of: recruitment and 
retention; employee engagement and development; and the 
Group’s reputation in the wider community.

The main areas of support defined in our global charitable 
contributions and social sponsorships policy are:

•	 education and skills, particularly Science, Technology, Engineering 

and Mathematics (STEM) which are key to our future success;
•	 environment activities linking into our environment strategy;
•	 social investment, making a positive difference to the 

communities in which we operate; and

•	 arts, culture and heritage, contributing to the cultural vibrancy 

in the areas we operate. 

A clear governance structure ensures a consistent approach and 
visibility of our contributions globally.

2012 charitable contributions, sponsorship and payroll giving

Charitable contributions and social sponsorships:
UK 
Asia and Middle East £0.1m, Americas £0.8m, 
Europe £0.3m
Total
Commercial sponsorship – global total, including:
UK £0.3m, Asia and Middle East £0.3m, Americas £1.3m, 
Europe 0.2m
Employee time
Gifts in kind
Total
Payroll giving UK £0.5m, North America £0.2m

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Additional financial information

Foreign exchange
Foreign exchange rate movements influence the reported income 
statement, the cash flow and closing net cash balance. The average 
and spot rates for the principal trading currencies of the Group are 
shown in the table below:

USD per GBP

EUR per GBP

Year end spot rate

Average spot rate
Year end spot rate
Average spot rate

2012
1.63

1.59
1.23
1.23

2011
1.55

1.60
1.20
1.15

Change
+5%

-1%
+3%
+7%

Taxation
The Group believes that it has a duty to shareholders to seek to 
minimise its tax burden but to do so in a manner which is consistent 
with its commercial objectives and meets its legal obligations and 
ethical standards. Every effort is made to maximise the tax 
efficiency of business transactions and this includes taking 
advantage of available tax incentives and exemptions. However,  
the Group has regard for the intention of the legislation concerned 
rather than just the wording itself.

The Group is committed to building open relationships with tax 
authorities and to following a policy of full disclosure in order to 
effect the timely settlement of its tax affairs and to remove 
uncertainty in its business transactions. Where appropriate,  
the Group enters into consultation with tax authorities to help 
shape proposed legislation and future tax policy.

Transactions between Rolls-Royce subsidiaries and associates in 
different jurisdictions are conducted on an arms-length basis 
and priced as if the transactions were between unrelated entities, 
in compliance with the OECD Model Tax Convention and the laws 
of the relevant jurisdictions.

Investments and capital expenditure
The Group subjects all major investments and capital expenditure 
to a rigorous examination of risks and future cash flows to ensure 
that they create shareholder value. All major investments require 
Board approval.

The Group has a portfolio of projects at different stages of their  
life cycles. Discounted cash flow analysis of the remaining life of 
projects is performed on a regular basis.

Sales of engines in production are assessed against criteria in 
the original development programme to ensure that overall  
value is enhanced.

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Financial risk management
The Board has an established and structured approach to financial 
risk management. The Financial risk committee (Frc) is accountable 
for managing, reporting and mitigating the Group’s financial risks 
and exposures. These risks include the Group’s principal 
counterparty, currency, interest rate, commodity price, liquidity and 
credit rating risks outlined in more depth in note 17 to the financial 
statements. The Frc is chaired by the Chief Financial Officer. 
The Group has a comprehensive financial risk policy that advocates 
the use of financial instruments to manage and hedge business 
operations risks that arise from movements in financial, 
commodities, credit or money markets. The Group’s policy is not 
to engage in speculative financial transactions. The Frc sits 
quarterly to review and assess the key risks and agree any 
mitigating actions required.

Capital structure

£ million
Total equity
Cash flow hedges
Group capital
Net funds

2012
6,105
63
6,168
1,317

2011
4,519
52
4,571
223

Operations are funded through various shareholders’ funds, bank 
debt, bonds and notes. The capital structure of the Group reflects 
the judgement of the Board as to the appropriate balance of 
funding required.

Funding is secured by the Group’s continued access to the global 
debt markets. Borrowings are funded in various currencies using 
derivatives where appropriate to achieve a required currency and 
interest rate profile. The Board’s objective is to retain sufficient 
financial investments and undrawn facilities to ensure that the 
Group can both meet its medium-term operational commitments 
and cope with unforeseen obligations and opportunities.

The Group holds cash and short-term investments which, together 
with the undrawn committed facilities, enable it to manage its 
liquidity risk.

During the year, the Group drew down a further £200 million loan 
from the European Investment Bank. Following the acquisition of 
the 50 per cent of AEC that we did not already own (see note 25 
of the financial statements), the Group repaid AEC’s external bank 
funding of £78 million.

At year end, the Group retained aggregate liquidity of  
£3.6 billion. This liquidity comprised net funds of £1.3 billion 
and aggregate borrowing facilities of £2.3 billion, of which 
£1.0 billion remained undrawn. 

The maturity profile of the borrowing facilities is regularly reviewed 
to ensure that refinancing levels are manageable in the context of 
the business and market conditions. The only facility to mature in 
2013 is the US$230 million private placement. There are no rating 
triggers in any borrowing facility that would require the facility to 
be accelerated or repaid due to an adverse movement in the Group’s 
credit rating. 

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Business review

Additional financial information

During 2012, the maturity date on the £1.0 billion revolving credit 
facility was extended from 2016 to 2017.

A summary of changes which have not been adopted in 2012 
is included within the accounting policies in note 1 to the 
financial statements.

Governments and regulators around the world continue to 
implement reforms to the financial markets with the aim of 
improving transparency and reducing systemic risk. Although the 
reforms are predominantly directed at financial institutions, they 
will also affect non-financial institutions such as the Group. 
The primary concern has been the reform of the over-the-counter 
(OTC) derivatives market, and in particular a proposal in the EU 
European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) that parties to 
future OTC derivative transactions would be required to use an 
exchange to clear the transactions and post cash collateral to reduce 
counterparty risk. The proposal could adversely affect the Group’s 
future funding requirements and make cash flow more volatile. 
The final EMIR rules have now been released, which exempt 
non-financial institutions engaged in hedging activity from 
this requirement.

Share price
During the year, the share price increased by 17 per cent from 
746.5 pence to 873.5 pence, in line with a 17 per cent increase in the 
FTSE aerospace and defence sector and compared to a six per cent 
increase in the FTSE 100. The Company’s share price ranged from 
733 pence in January to 913.5 pence in December.

The Group conducts some of its business through a number of 
joint ventures. A major proportion of the debt of these joint 
ventures is secured on the assets of the respective companies  
and is non-recourse to the Group. This debt is further outlined in 
note 10 to the financial statements.

Credit rating

Moody’s Investor Service
Standard & Poor’s

Rating
A3
A

Outlook
Stable
Stable

Grade
Investment
Investment

The Group subscribes to both Moody’s Investors Service and 
Standard & Poor’s for independent long-term credit ratings. 
At 31 December 2012, the Group maintained investment grade 
ratings from both agencies.

As a capital-intensive business making long-term commitments 
to our customers, the Group attaches significant importance 
to maintaining or improving the current investment grade 
credit ratings.

Accounting and regulatory
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in 
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), 
as adopted by the EU.

In 2012, the Group has adopted revisions to IAS 1 Presentation of 
Financial Statements that require items of other comprehensive 
income to be classified depending on whether they may be 
potentially reclassified to the income statement. There is no net 
impact. There were no other revisions to IFRS that became 
applicable in 2012 which had a significant impact on the Group’s 
financial statements.

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Governance 
Chairman’s introduction

The actions we have taken in 2012 
should leave no doubt that the Board 
of Rolls-Royce will pursue the Code’s 
principles in the spirit in which they 
are intended.

Sir Simon Robertson
Chairman

In this report on governance, we will review the framework of rules 
and practices by which the Board of Rolls-Royce directed and 
controlled its business during 2012. 

In 2012, the Association of British Insurers whose members account 
for a significant proportion of our shareholder base, issued a report 
on board effectiveness, which pinpointed three areas that it 
believed were essential to improving board effectiveness namely: 
board diversity; succession planning; and board evaluation. 

The issues of diversity and the related topic of succession planning 
are high on our agenda and are covered in more detail in the 
nomination committee report on page 49.

With regard to board evaluation, we undertook an extensive 
external process in 2011 which provoked a good deal of debate and 
ushered in significant change. In 2012, I personally led a formal 
internal evaluation of the effectiveness of the Board. The general 
consensus from the confidential survey was that the Board 
continued to work well together and that Board interaction was 
effective. Further details of the process used and the outcome can 
be found on page 44.

Business ethics
The ethics committee spent a good deal of its time in 2012 dealing 
with concerns about bribery and corruption involving 
intermediaries in overseas markets which resulted in the Group 
handing over information to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in 
December 2012. This action, together with our appointment of Lord 
Gold to lead an independent review of our current compliance 
procedures, should make it clear to all who do business with us, or 
on our behalf, that the Board is united in its resolve not to accept 
any behaviour that undermines this Group’s future success. More 
information on the work of the ethics committee can be found on 
pages 50 to 51.

The International Advisory Board (IAB)
Rolls-Royce is a global company and whilst that brings with it many 
exciting opportunities it also presents significant challenges. We 
have an International Advisory Board, which has been in place for 
some six years. Its membership, which is listed on page 42, 
comprises senior business and political leaders from all the areas in 
which we are building and developing our business and where we 
have a substantial presence, such as the US, China, India and 
Australia. The IAB meets once a year and in 2012, it was held in 
Derby. Its remit is to discuss the high-level issues and their potential 
impact on the Group. This type of big picture discussion is vital for a 
company such as ours where our continued success depends on 
making very long-term investments.

Principal risks
In 2012, the risk committee reconsidered and redefined the 
principal risks which we face in our business. The resulting list on 
pages 18 to 19 has therefore been condensed to fit under just eight 
broad headings. We believe this should provide a much clearer 
picture of the major areas of risk which our business faces. A report 
from the chairman of the risk committee can be found on page 52.

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Remuneration
In June 2012, the Government published a consultation on what 
companies must disclose in pay reports. The directors’ 
remuneration report on pages 57 to 67 must necessarily address 
existing legislation. However, we have anticipated some of the new 
requirements as described in the remuneration committee report 
on page 54.

UK Corporate Governance Code 
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) recently issued a revised UK 
Corporate Governance Code (the 2012 Code) and revised Guidance 
to Audit Committees. The audit committee has scheduled time in 
2013 to discuss how the Company can best comply with these. This 
year’s audit committee report can be found on pages 47 to 48.

Safety committee
The new safety committee met for the first time in 2012. 
The committee has made a good start in gaining an understanding 
of the Group’s safety governance and disciplines and in developing 
a suitable reporting regime to enable the committee to provide 
the Board with an appropriate level of assurance. We hope this 
additional Board level scrutiny will tighten further the already 
stringent controls in place in this most critical area. The report 
of the safety committee is on page 53.

This is my final governance report as Chairman of Rolls-Royce. 
I firmly believe that the Company’s values, its reputation and its 
ability to achieve its objectives depend to a large extent on the 
effectiveness of its approach to corporate governance. However, 
rules alone are not enough. The Code is based on principles and not 
just rules and the actions we have taken in the past and in 2012 
should leave no doubt that the Board of Rolls-Royce will pursue 
those principles in the spirit in which they are intended.

Sir Simon Robertson
Chairman

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Board of directors

Sir Simon Robertson

John Rishton

Iain Conn

Dame Helen Alexander

Lewis Booth CBE

Peter Byrom

Sir Frank Chapman

John McAdam

Sir Simon Robertson (71) 2* 
Non-executive Chairman,  
appointed January 2005

Skills and experience: Sir Simon 
brings to the Board an international 
corporate advisory background with 
a wealth of experience in mergers 
and acquisitions, merchant banking, 
investment banking and financial 
markets. During his career he has 
worked in France, Germany, the UK 
and the US. He is the former 
Managing Director of Goldman 
Sachs International and former 
Chairman of Dresdner Kleinwort 
Benson. In June 2010, he was 
honoured with a knighthood 
in recognition of his services 
to business.

External appointments: Sir Simon is 
the founder member of Robertson 
Robey Associates LLP and Deputy 
Chairman and Senior Independent 
Director of HSBC Holdings plc. He is 
a non-executive director of Berry 
Bros & Rudd Limited, The Economist 
Newspaper Limited and Troy Asset 
Management. He is a Trustee of  
The Eden Project and of the Royal 
Opera House Endowment Fund. 

John Rishton (54) 2,5* 
Chief Executive, 
appointed March 2011

Skills and experience: John began 
his career in 1979 at Ford Motor 
Company and held a variety of 
positions in the UK and in Europe. 
In 1994 he joined British Airways 
Plc, where he was Chief Financial 
Officer from 2001 to 2005. In 2006, 
he was appointed CFO at Royal 
Ahold and became CEO in 2007. 
John was appointed as a 

non-executive director of 
Rolls-Royce in 2007 and served as 
chairman of the audit committee 
and a member of the ethics and 
nomination committees. He is a 
former non-executive director of 
Allied Domecq.

External appointments: Unilever 
have announced that John will 
be proposed to join the boards of 
Unilever NV and Unilever plc at 
the AGMs of those companies in 
May 2013.

Iain Conn (50) 1,2,6 
Senior Independent Director, 
appointed January 2005

Skills and experience: Iain joined 
the BP group in 1986 and has held a 
number of executive positions 
within the BP group worldwide. 

External appointments: Iain is 
Group Managing Director and 
Chief Executive of Refining and 
Marketing, BP p.l.c. He is Chairman 
of the Advisory Board of The 
Imperial College Business School 
and a member of the Imperial 
College Council. Iain is also a 
member of the Energy and Climate 
Change Board, CBI and a member of 
the advisory boards of the Centre 
for European Reform and of the 
Centre for China in the World 
Economy at Tsinghua University.

Dame Helen Alexander (56) 2,3*,4 
Non-executive director, appointed 
September 2007

Skills and experience: 
Dame Helen was Chief Executive of 
the Economist Group until 2008, 
having joined the company in 1985. 
She was President of the CBI until 

2011 and Deputy President until 
June 2012; she has also been a non- 
executive director of Northern 
Foods plc, BT plc and Centrica plc. 
Dame Helen was awarded a CBE 
for services to publishing in 2004 
and was made a Dame Commander 
of the Order of the British Empire for 
her services to business in 
June 2011.

External appointments: Dame 
Helen is Chairman of UBM plc, the 
Port of London Authority (PLA) and 
Incisive Media. She is also deputy 
chairman of esure Group Holdings, 
senior adviser to Bain Capital and 
a Director of the CBI. Dame Helen 
is Chancellor of the University of 
Southampton and she is currently 
involved with a number of other 
not-for-profit organisations in 
media, the internet, the arts 
and education. 

Lewis Booth CBE (64) 1*,2,4 
Non-executive director,  
appointed May 2011

Skills and experience: Lewis is the 
former Executive Vice President and 
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Ford 
Motor Company, a position he held 
for over three years until his 
retirement from the company in 
April 2012. During his 34-year career 
at Ford he held a series of senior 
positions in Europe, Asia, Africa and 
the United States. Lewis began his 
career with British Leyland, before 
joining Ford in 1978. He was 
awarded a CBE in June 2012 for 
services to the UK automotive and 
manufacturing industries.

External appointments: Lewis is a 
director of Mondelez International, 
Inc., Gentherm Inc. and of University 
of Liverpool in America Inc.

Peter Byrom (68) 2,4  
Non-executive director,  
appointed January 1997

Skills and experience: Peter was 
a director of AMEC plc from 2005 
to 2011 and of NM Rothschild & 
Sons Limited from 1977 to 1996. 
He is a Fellow of the Royal 
Aeronautical Society. 

External appointments: Peter is 
Chairman of Domino Printing 
Sciences plc.

Sir Frank Chapman (59) 2,3,6* 
Non-executive director,  
appointed November 2011 

Skills and experience: Sir Frank has 
worked in the oil and gas industry 
for 38 years including appointments 
within Royal Dutch Shell plc and  
BP p.l.c. He was Chief Executive of 
BG Group plc for 12 years until 
December 2012. Sir Frank graduated 
with first class honours in 
Mechanical Engineering from 
Queen Mary College, London 
University and is a Fellow of the 
Royal Academy of Engineering, the 
Institution of Mechanical Engineers 
and the Energy Institute. 

John McAdam (64) 2,3,6 
Non-executive director,  
appointed February 2008

Skills and experience: John was the 
Chief Executive of ICI plc until ICI’s 
acquisition by Akzo Nobel. He has 
held a number of positions at 
Unilever, within its Birds Eye Walls, 

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Board of directors

John Neill CBE

Jasmin Staiblin

Ian Strachan

James Guyette

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Committee membership 
1  Audit committee
2  Nomination committee
3  Remuneration committee
4  Ethics committee
5  Risk committee
6  Safety committee
*  Denotes chairman of committee

  Non-executive directors

  Executive directors

  Company Secretary

Mark Morris

Colin Smith CBE

Nigel Goldsworthy

Quest International and 
Unichema International businesses 
and is a former non-executive 
director of Severn Trent plc and  
Sara Lee Corporation.

External appointments: Jasmin is a 
non-executive director of Georg 
Fischer AG, ETH Domain and Neue 
Aarguer Bank (a member of the 
Credit Suisse Group). 

External appointments: John is 
Chairman of United Utilities Group 
PLC and Rentokil Initial plc and the 
Senior Independent Director of 
J Sainsbury plc.

John Neill CBE (65) 1,2 
Non-executive director, 
appointed November 2008 

Skills and experience: John is a 
member of the Council and Board of 
Business in the Community, is Vice 
President of the Society of Motor 
Manufacturers and Traders, BEN, 
the automotive industry charity and 
The Institute of the Motor Industry. 
He was formerly a Director of the 
Bank of England and a non-
executive Director of the Royal Mail 
and Charter International plc. He 
was awarded a CBE in June 1994. 

External appointments: John is 
the Chairman and Group Chief 
Executive of the Unipart Group 
of Companies.

Jasmin Staiblin (42) 2,4 
Non-executive director, 
appointed May 2012

Skills and experience: Jasmin is the 
CEO of Alpiq Holding AG and was 
CEO of ABB Switzerland Ltd until 
December 2012. She has lived and 
worked in Switzerland, Sweden 
and Australia. 

Ian Strachan (69) 1,2,4* 
Non-executive director, 
appointed September 2003

Skills and experience: Ian is the 
former Chief Executive of BTR plc, 
former Deputy Chief Executive and 
Chief Financial Officer of Rio Tinto 
plc, former non-executive Chairman 
of Instinet Group Inc and a former 
non-executive director of Johnson 
Matthey plc, Commercial Union and 
Reuters Group plc. 

External appointments: Ian is a 
non-executive director of Xstrata 
plc, Transocean Inc and Caithness 
Petroleum Limited. 

James Guyette (67) 5 
President and Chief Executive 
Officer of Rolls-Royce North America 
Inc. appointed January 1998

Skills and experience: Before 
joining the Company, Jim was 
Executive Vice President, Marketing 
and Planning of United Airlines.

External appointments: Jim is 
Chairman of PrivateBancorp Inc., 
of Chicago, Illinois and he is lead 
independent director of priceline.
com Inc of Norwalk, Connecticut. He 
is also Chairman of the Smithsonian 
National Air & Space Museum, 
Washington DC.

Mark Morris Age (49) 5 
Chief Financial Officer, 
appointed January 2012

Mark joined Rolls-Royce in 1986. 
He has held a number of senior 
positions throughout the Company 
and prior to his appointment as 
Chief Financial Officer was Group 
Treasurer from 2001. 

Colin Smith CBE (57) 5 
Director – Engineering and 
Technology, appointed July 2005 

Skills and experience: Colin joined 
Rolls-Royce in 1974. He has held a 
variety of key positions within the 
Company, including Director – 
Research and Technology and 
Director of Engineering and 
Technology – Civil Aerospace. Colin 
is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of 
Engineering, the Royal Aeronautical 
Society and the Institution of 
Mechanical Engineers. He is also a 
Member of the Council for Science 
and Technology. In June 2012 he 
was awarded a CBE for services to 
UK engineering.

Nigel Goldsworthy (47) 
Company Secretary & Head of Legal 
appointed December 2012 

Skills and experience: A solicitor, 
Nigel has held a number of senior 
legal and company secretary roles 
within the Company and, before his 
appointment as Company Secretary 
& Head of Legal, was Deputy 
General Counsel from 2008. Before 
joining Rolls-Royce in 2004, Nigel 
was a partner in the banking group 
of Lovells (now Hogan Lovells).

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International Advisory Board (IAB)

The IAB, formed in 2006, 
advises the Board on emerging 
worldwide trends. Membership 
is as follows:

Lord Powell of Bayswater 
(Chairman of the IAB)
Former Foreign Affairs and 
Defence Adviser to Prime 
Ministers Baroness Margaret 
Thatcher and Sir John Major

Sir Rod Eddington
Chairman JP Morgan 
(Australia & New Zealand) 
and former Chief Executive, 
British Airways Plc

Dr Fan Gang
Professor at China’s Academy 
of Social Sciences and 
Director of National Economic 
Research Institute

Carla Hills
Chair and CEO, Hills & Company, 
International Consultants, 
former US Trade Representative, 
former US Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, former 
US Assistant Attorney General

General Sir Mike Jackson
Former Chief of the General 
Staff, UK Ministry of Defence

Mustafa Koç
Chairman of Koç Holding, A.Ş.

Dr Henrique Meirelles 
Chairman of J&F, the holding 
company of JBS, Flora, Eldorado, 
non-executive Chairman of 
Brazil’s Olympic Public 
Committee (the 2016 Olympic 
Games – Rio de Janeiro) and 
former President of Brazil’s 
Central Bank from 2003 to 2010

The Group Leadership Team (GLT)

Akio Mimura
Director, Board member and 
Senior Advisor Nippon Steel & 
Sumitomo Metal Corporation

WilmerHale, former Federal 
Minister of Research and 
Technology and of Transport 
of Germany

Lubna Olayan 
CEO and Deputy Chairperson of 
the Olayan Financing Company

Rair Simonyan
Advisor to the President OAO NK 
Rosneft, former Chairman, 
Morgan Stanley, Russia, former 
first vice president of Russian 
State oil company, Rosneft

Ratan Tata
Former Chairman of Tata 
Sons Limited

Matthias Wissmann
President of the German 
Association of the Automotive 
Industry, Vice-Chairman of the 
Federation of German 
Industries and Senior 
International Counsel at 

Lee Hsien Yang
Chairman, Fraser and Neave 
Limited, Chairman Civil Aviation 
Authority Singapore, 
Chairman Islamic Bank of 
Asia Private Limited

Ernesto Zedillo
Former President of Mexico, 
Director, Yale Center for the 
Study of Globalization

Ambassador Robert B Zoellick
Senior Fellow at the Belfer 
Center for Science and 
International Affairs at Harvard 
University’s Kennedy School of 
Government, former President 
of World Bank Group, former US 
Deputy Secretary of State and 
former US Trade Representative

During 2012, John Rishton 
chaired meetings of the GLT 
which acted as an important 
communications channel 
between the senior 
management team and the 
Group’s executive directors. In 
addition to John Rishton, its 
other members were:

Andrew Heath
President – Energy

Lawrie Haynes
President – Nuclear

Mark King
President – Aerospace

Peter Morgan
Director – Corporate Affairs

Alain Michaelis
Operations Director

Mark Morris
Chief Financial Officer

Miles Cowdry
Corporate Development 
Director

Kath Durrant
Human Resources Director

James Guyette
President – Rolls-Royce North 
America Inc.

John Paterson
President – Marine and 
Industrial Power Systems

Colin Smith
Director – Engineering 
and Technology

Robert Webb
General Counsel & Head of Risk

Tony Wood
President – Marine

Other members who served 
were: Mike Terrett, former 
Chief Operating Officer, who 
retired on 31 December 2012; 
Harry Holt who took up a post 
as Director, Business 
Development in our Civil 
aerospace business on 1 July 
2012; Michael Haidinger who 
joined the board of Tognum as 
Chief Sales Officer on 1 July 
2012; and Dan Korte, President 
– Defence aerospace who 
resigned in September 2012.

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Corporate governance report

This report, which includes the directors’ remuneration report on 
pages 57 to 67, explains how the Company discharges its corporate 
governance responsibilities.

In the year to 31 December 2012, the revised principles and 
provisions of the Code (published in May 2010 by the Financial 
Reporting Council (FRC)) applied to the Company. A printed copy of 
the Code can be obtained free of charge from FRC Publications, 145 
London Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 6SR – telephone: 
+44 (0)20 8247 1264 and online at: www.frcpublications.com.  
The Board confirms that throughout 2012, the Company complied 
with the provisions of the Code, with the following exception:

Code provision

Explanation

C.3.4 – The audit committee should 
review arrangements by which staff 
of the company may, in confidence, 
raise concerns about possible 
improprieties in matters of financial 
reporting or other matters. 

The Board considered it appropriate 
that this provision of the Code be 
the primary responsibility of the 
ethics committee although that 
committee is required to refer 
concerns about possible 
improprieties in matters of 
financial reporting to the 
audit committee.

Board membership
There are currently 14 directors on the Board comprising the 
non-executive Chairman, the Chief Executive, three other executive 
directors and nine non-executive directors. During the year,  
Mark Morris took up the post of Chief Financial Officer on 
1 January 2012 and Jasmin Staiblin was appointed as an additional 
non-executive director on 21 May 2012. Two directors retired in the 
year, Sir Peter Gregson did not seek re-election at the annual 
general meeting (AGM) on 4 May 2012 and Mike Terrett retired 
on 31 December 2012. 

On 14 February 2013, the Board announced Sir Simon Robertson’s 
intention to retire as Chairman and as a non-executive director at 
the conclusion of the AGM on 2 May 2013. In addition, Ian Strachan 
and Peter Byrom will not be seeking re-election as non-executive 
directors at that meeting. Under Article 112 of the Company’s 
Articles of Association, all directors (with the exception of Sir Simon 
Robertson, Peter Byrom and Ian Strachan) will offer themselves for 
re-election at the 2013 AGM. Ian Davis will be appointed as an 
additional non-executive director on 1 March 2013 and will take 
over as Chairman at the conclusion of the 2013 AGM. 

The process for Board succession is discussed in the nomination 
committee report on page 49.

Roles and responsibilities
The Board has a written remit for the Chairman, Sir Simon 
Robertson, who has responsibility for the running of the Board  
and ensuring its effectiveness. The Chief Executive, John Rishton, 
has responsibility for running the business. This division of 
responsibility ensures that no one individual has unfettered  
powers of decision. In addition, the Board has agreed a set of 
guiding principles to govern the relationship between the  
Chairman and Chief Executive which, for example, requires that  
the two roles are structured in a complementary manner and 
demands that the relationship between the two be based on 
mutual respect and trust and be frank and open.

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The Senior Independent Director, Iain Conn, acts as a sounding 
board for the Chairman and can act as an intermediary for other 
directors. Each year, he leads a separate meeting of the Board 
excluding the Chairman to review the Chairman’s performance. In 
2012, the meeting expressed its unanimous support for Sir Simon 
Robertson, noting the enormous amount of time, effort and energy 
he contributed outside of the boardroom. During the year, Iain Conn 
also led the process to seek a replacement for Sir Simon, taking the 
chair when appropriate at meetings of the nomination committee. 

Role and operation of the Board
The principal role of the Board is to ensure that the Group’s strategy 
creates long-term success for the Group within an acceptable risk 
profile and providing value for the long-term investor. 

To achieve its long-term success, the Board must:

 ensure the safety of its products and its people;

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•	 oversee and approve the development of the Group’s strategy, 

monitoring both its achievement and the Group’s risk appetite; 
•	 uphold the values of the Group, including its brand and corporate 

reputation;

•	 oversee the quality and performance of management and ensure 

it is maintained at world-class standards, through effective 
succession planning and remuneration policies; and

•	 maintain an effective corporate governance framework, with 

transparent reporting.

The Board has established a formal schedule of matters reserved for 
its approval, generally being those items which affect the shape and 
risk profile of the Group, as well as items such as the annual budget 
and performance targets, the financial statements, payments to 
shareholders, major capital investments, substantial changes to 
balance sheet management policy and the strategic plan. 

John Rishton, as the Chief Executive, is responsible for the day-to-
day leadership, operational and performance management of the 
Group within the confines of the strategic and business plans and 
budgets agreed by the Board. The delegation of responsibilities to 
the executive team is set out in a detailed schedule approved by the 
Chief Executive.

The work of the Board in 2012
During 2012, the Board held 11 meetings, seven of which were 
scheduled and a further four called at short notice. At each 
scheduled meeting, executive directors supplied reports on 
business and financial performance including the usual approval of 
financial statements and budgets. The Board also received regular 
updates on HS&E issues, employee issues and legal issues including 
a review of its governance arrangements. In addition, the chairman 
of each of the board committees provided verbal reports on matters 
discussed by that committee since the previous Board meeting. 

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Corporate governance report

On 18 September 2012, the Board held its annual day-long strategy 
meeting, which included discussions on each of the business 
segments and presentations on the ten-year financial plan and the 
development of the Group’s overall strategy, vision, brand promise 
and values. The September meeting was held in the Group’s offices 
in Reston, US, and was followed by a visit to its Crosspointe facility, 
which included a tour of the newly established Commonwealth 
Centre for Advanced Manufacturing nearby.

•	 potential new and re-core engine developments;
•	 potential new facilities such as the new indoor test bed for 

Dahlewitz and a facility in Brazil;

•	 the acquisition of the remaining shares in the Aero Engine 
Controls joint venture from the Goodrich Corporation; 

•	 the future of the tidal engineering and fuel cells businesses;
•	 potential acquisitions particularly in the nuclear sector;
•	 a presentation from Dr Hamid Mughal describing the global 

network of Advanced Manufacturing Research Centres;

In addition to its routine business, matters considered by the Board 
in 2012 included:

•	 a review of the Group’s tax affairs which included the renewal of 
taxation policy a statement of which can be found on page 37; 

•	 the Eurozone crisis; 
•	 defence strategy; 
•	 concerns about bribery and corruption involving intermediaries 

in overseas markets;

•	 IT infrastructure update; and
•	 an investor relations presentation which included the results of 

the 2012 investor audit.

Board and committee attendance
The attendance by individual directors at meetings of the Board and its committees in 2012 is shown in the table below:

Sir Simon Robertson (Chairman)
Dame Helen Alexander
Lewis Booth CBE
Peter Byrom
Sir Frank Chapman 1
Iain Conn
Sir Peter Gregson 2
James Guyette
John McAdam
Mark Morris
John Neill CBE
John Rishton
Colin Smith CBE
Jasmin Staiblin 3
Ian Strachan
Mike Terrett CBE 4

Board
11(11)
10(11)
11(11)
11(11)
8(11)
10(11)
2 (3)
11(11)
10(11)
11(11)
11(11)
11(11)
11(11)
8(8)
11(11)
11(11)

Audit

Remuneration

3(3)

2(3)

1(1)

3(3)

4(4)

4(4)

4(4)

4(4)

Nomination
4(4)
3(4)
4(4)
4(4)
3(4)
4(4)
0(1)

4(4)

4(4)
3(4)

3(3)
4(4)

Ethics 

Risk 

Safety 

5(5)
5(5)
5(5)

2(2)
5(5)

1(2)
2(2)

2(2)

2(2)

2(2)

2(2)
2(2)

2(2)

Figures in brackets denote the maximum numbers of meetings that could have been attended (seven Board meetings were scheduled and four called at short notice).
1 Sir Frank Chapman was unable to attend two Board meetings and three committee meetings held in December 2012 due to illness.
2 Sir Peter Gregson retired as a non-executive director at the AGM on 4 May 2012.
3 Jasmin Staiblin was appointed as a non-executive director on 21 May 2012.
4 Mike Terrett, Chief Operating Officer, retired on 31 December 2012.

Board evaluation
The UK Corporate Governance Code requires that the Board 
undertakes an annual evaluation of its own performance and that 
of its committees and individual directors and to do so externally at 
least every three years. In 2012, the evaluation process was 
conducted internally, a full external review having been carried out 
by Jan Hall Associates in 2011.

The general consensus from the process was that the Board was 
working well under the leadership of Sir Simon Robertson and John 
Rishton. It was considered appropriate that succession planning and 
the provision of information to the Board should be areas of focus 
for 2013. Also some directors expressed the view that the Board 
should maintain a continual watch on principal risks to avoid being 
solely reliant on the work of the audit and risk committees.

Initially, directors were asked to complete a confidential survey 
covering the areas set out as best practice in the Financial Reporting 
Council’s ‘Guidance on Board Effectiveness – March 2011’. The 
Company Secretary then produced a report which consolidated the 
responses in such a way that individual contributions were not 
attributable. Following the circulation of the report to the Board, 
the Chairman conducted one-to-one interviews with each of them 
and reported to the next board meeting on the findings and agreed 
actions to be taken. 

Directors’ terms of appointment
Executive directors are employees who have day-to-day 
responsibilities as executives of the Group in addition to their 
duties as directors. Each executive director receives a service 
contract on appointment (see page 60 for further information).

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Non-executive directors are generally independent of the Company, 
are not employees and do not participate in the daily business 
management of the Group. On appointment, each non-executive 
director receives a letter setting out the conditions of his or her 
appointment. Non-executive directors are appointed for an initial 
term of three years, which may be extended with the agreement of 
the Board, although reappointment is not automatic. Their term of 
office is also subject to annual re-election by shareholders at the 
AGM and will terminate without compensation if they fail to be 
re-elected (see page 67 for further information). 

Director training
Newly appointed directors participate in a structured induction 
programme and receive a comprehensive data pack providing 
detailed information on the Group. An existing executive director 
acts as a mentor to each newly appointed non-executive director, 
giving guidance and advice as required. 

Issues
Operation of the Board and 
governance
Group strategy development and 
current issues
Financial structure
Risk strategy
Operational strategy
Technology and  
engineering issues
Key site visits

Committee technical  
requirements

Facilitated by
Chairman and Company Secretary

Chief Executive

Chief Financial Officer
General Counsel & Head of Risk
Operations Director
Director – Engineering 
and Technology
Company Secretary

Committee chairmen, internal 
or external experts

Further training is available for all the directors, including 
presentations by the executive team on particular aspects of the 
business. In 2012, our lawyers, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, held 
a seminar immediately following the November Board meeting 
updating the Board on developments in corporate law and 
regulation. In addition, there is a procedure for directors to take 
independent professional advice at the Company’s expense and 
every director has access to the General Counsel & Head of Risk and 
the Company Secretary. In-house training is also provided to 
directors of the Company’s subsidiaries and joint ventures.

Shareholder relations
Communications with shareholders regarding business strategy 
and financial performance are coordinated by a dedicated  
Investor Relations department that reports to the Chief Financial 
Officer. Communications regarding the general administration of 
shareholdings are coordinated by Company Secretariat, reporting  
to the Company Secretary.

The two primary written sources of information about the  
Group for shareholders are the website (www.rolls-royce.com)  
and the published annual report, an online version of which is  
also available on the website. The website also carries a wealth  
of financial and other information about the Group that includes 
current business strategy, historical financial data, recent 
presentation materials as well as factual data about the Group’s 
businesses, products and services.

The Group conducts a dedicated investor relations programme with 
institutional investors which includes various formal events during 
the year, as well as a regular series of one-to-one and group 
meetings. The purpose of these events is to highlight a particular 
issue, theme or announcement that the Group believes warrants 
further explanation or clarification. The events also provide 
opportunities for shareholders to meet members of the senior 
management team to discuss topics of interest. Examples of these 
events in 2012 were: the preliminary and half-yearly results 
announcements; the AGM; the update given at the Farnborough 
International Airshow on trends in the Civil and Defence aerospace 
businesses; visits to the Group’s sites; and industry conferences.  
The one-to-one and group meetings provide additional context 
around the Group’s business strategy and financial performance 
such that shareholders are able to consistently and fairly value the 
Group’s businesses. 

In 2012, around 340 meetings took place with over 320 separately 
identifiable institutional investors. Of those meetings, the Chief 
Executive attended 25 meetings and the Chief Financial Officer 
50 meetings. From a regional perspective, the majority of meetings 
took place in the UK (approximately 200). Sixty meetings occurred  
in the US and Canada, and a further 35 meetings took place in 
Europe. The Chairman also meets institutional investors from  
time to time when requested. 

AGM
Holders of ordinary shares may attend the Company’s AGM. The 
Chief Executive gives a presentation highlighting key business 
developments during the year and shareholders have an 
opportunity to ask questions. The chairmen of the audit, 
nomination, remuneration, ethics, safety and risk committees are 
available to answer any questions from shareholders on the work of 
their committees.

The Company confirms that it sends the AGM notice and relevant 
documentation to all shareholders at least 20 working days before 
the date of the AGM. For those shareholders who have consented  
to receive communications electronically, notice is given by email  
or by written notice of the availability of documents on the  
Group’s website.

This year’s AGM will be held at 11.00am on Thursday, 2 May 2013 
at the QEII Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, 
London SW1P 3EE. The AGM notice and the annual report will be 
available to view on the Group’s website. Shareholders unable to 
attend the AGM can vote on the business of the meeting either by 
post or online. 

Independence of the non-executive directors
The Board conducts a rigorous review of the independence of the 
non-executive directors every year, based on the criteria in the Code. 
This review was undertaken in November 2012 and the Board 
concluded that all the non-executive directors remained 
independent in character and judgement.

The Code does not consider the test of independence to be 
appropriate to the chairman of a company. However, Sir Simon 
Robertson did meet the Code’s independence criteria upon his 
appointment as Chairman in January 2005. His other external 
commitments are described on page 40.

 Rolls-Royce Holdings plc annual report 2012The GLT’s responsibilities were:

•	 to provide input and advice to the Executive Board on policy  

and strategy; 

•	 to agree priorities and objectives in management of the Group; 

and 

•	 to drive performance.

The GLT regularly considered HS&E, customer relations, financial 
and operational performance. In addition the committee discussed 
a range of topics of business relevance. This included employee 
engagement, sustainability and the Global Code of Business Ethics.

In January 2013, the Executive Board and GLT were combined into 
the Executive Leadership Team (ELT). This new body simplifies the 
senior management structure, it will establish clear accountability 
and improve decision making. 

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Conflicts of interest
Directors have a duty to avoid a situation in which they have, or can 
have, a direct or indirect interest which conflicts, or possibly may 
conflict, with the interests of the Company unless that situational 
conflict has been authorised by the Board. The nomination 
committee has reviewed and authorised all directors’ situational 
conflicts and has agreed that while directors are required to keep 
confidential all Company information, they shall not be required to 
share with the Company confidential information received by them 
from a third party which is the subject of the situational conflict.

Indemnity
The Company has entered into separate Deeds of Indemnity in 
favour of its directors which were in force during the financial year 
and remained in force at the date of this report. The deeds provide 
substantially the same protection as that already provided to 
directors under the indemnity in Article 216 of the Company’s 
Articles of Association. The Company has also reviewed, arranged 
and maintains appropriate insurance cover for any legal action 
taken against its directors and officers.

Board committees
The Board has established a number of committees, the principal 
ones being audit, remuneration, nomination, ethics and risk. 
A safety committee was established in 2012. Terms of reference 
for each committee are available on the Group’s website at  
www.rolls-royce.com. The membership, responsibilities and 
activities of these committees are described on pages 47 to 56.

Executive committees
In 2012, the Executive Board, the senior decision-making committee, 
was made up of the executive directors. It worked with the Board to 
develop Group strategy and policy, established corporate priorities, 
decided on senior succession. It made recommendations to the 
nominations committee in relation to membership of the Executive 
Board and the Group Leadership Team (GLT). The membership of the 
GLT is described on page 42.

The Executive Board reviewed HS&E performance, customer 
relations, governance, financial and operational performance as 
well as receiving regular updates on potential acquisitions and 
disposals. 

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Audit committee report

I would like to thank committee 
members, the executive management 
team and our auditor for the open 
discussions that take place at 
our meetings

Lewis Booth CBE
Chairman of the audit committee

The audit committee, which consists exclusively of independent non-executive 
directors, met four times in 2012 and attendance by the members is shown in the table 
on page 44. During the year, the external auditors (KPMG Audit Plc), the Head of Internal 
Audit, the General Counsel & Head of Risk and the Acting Company Secretary attended 
the meetings, together with the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive and the 
Chief Financial Officer. Other Board members and/or senior executives may also attend 
meetings at the invitation of the committee chairman. The General Counsel & Head of 
Risk and the Head of Internal Audit have direct access to the committee.

I am pleased to present the report of the audit committee for the 
year. I would like to thank committee members, the executive 
management team and our auditor for the open discussions that 
take place at our meetings and the importance they all attach to its 
work. During 2012, the committee sought to enhance the clarity and 
focus of all the reports it receives. 

A key task for 2013 will be to consider the implications of the revised 
UK Corporate Governance Code. In particular, we will assess the 
implications of the requirement for regular audit tendering and  
the procedures supporting the directors’ responsibility report 
statement that: “the report and accounts, taken as a whole, is fair, 
balanced and understandable and provides the information 
necessary for shareholders to assess the Company’s performance, 
business model and strategy”.

Responsibilities
In summary, the committee recommends the financial statements 
to the Board and reviews the Group’s financial reporting and 
accounting policies, including formal announcements and trading 
statements relating to the Company’s financial performance.  
It oversees the relationship with KPMG, and the role and 
effectiveness of the internal audit function (previously termed 
Business Assurance). The committee reviews the Group’s procedures 
for detecting, monitoring and managing the risk of fraud  
and the Group’s internal controls and systems for assessing and 
mitigating risk.

The Board’s review of the risk management process and its 
statement on internal control as required by ‘Internal Control: 
Guidance for Directors’ published by the FRC is on pages 70 to 71.

Work of the committee in 2012 
The focus at the meetings in February and July 2012 was the 2011 
annual report and financial statements and 2012 half-yearly results 
announcement respectively, including an evaluation of the going 
concern statements therein. The May and November meetings 
reviewed the interim management statements, considered matters 
which were expected to require consideration at the following half 
year and full year and forthcoming changes to reporting and 
accounting requirements. 

Since the year end, the committee has reviewed the form and 
content of the Group’s 2012 annual report and financial statements. 
In conducting its review, the committee considered reports 
prepared by management and the external auditors. These reports 
covered analyses of the judgements and sources of estimation 
uncertainty involved in applying the accounting policies as 
described in note 1 to the financial statements. The committee also 
considered the going concern statement on page 72. The committee 
recommended the 2012 annual report to the Board. 

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Internal Audit 
In May and November, the Head of Internal Audit presented a 
summary of the reviews performed in the previous six months.  
The committee reviewed the effectiveness of the internal control 
environment and the structure in place to resolve identified 
weaknesses. It also agreed an improved structure for internal audit 
reports to the committee, with an increased focus on significant 
issues and trends evident in the reports and the speed of their 
resolution. During the year, the committee approved a revised 
charter for the internal audit function, reviewed and agreed the 
work plan for 2013 and reviewed compliance with the Group’s 
policies in respect of expenses incurred by the directors and other 
senior executives. 

Auditors
During the year, the committee considered the independence and 
objectivity of KPMG and agreed the audit strategy and the audit fee. 

Non-audit services provided by KPMG
In order to safeguard auditors’ independence and objectivity, the 
following policy is applied in relation to services provided by  
the auditors:

•	 audit related services – the auditors undertake these services as 

it is work that they must, or are best suited to, perform. It 
includes formalities relating to borrowings, grants, shareholder 
and other circulars, risk management services, various regulatory 
reports and work in respect of acquisitions and disposals;

•	 tax, accounting and mergers and acquisitions – the auditors are 
used for this work where they are best suited to undertake it.  
All other significant consulting work in these areas is put out to 
tender; and

•	 other advisory or consultancy services – the auditors are 

generally prohibited from providing these services.

Pre-approval of non-audit fees is required for non-audit fees 
exceeding pre-determined thresholds which vary according to the 
nature of the service being proposed. 

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The committee reviews non-audit fees charged by KPMG at each 
meeting and annually reviews the limits for pre-approval of 
non-audit fees. In particular the committee pre-approved: an 
engagement for KPMG to provide specialist support to internal 
audit during the Group’s IT modernisation project while the 
department recruited its own personnel; and the continuation of 
specialist support to the IT modernisation programme that was 
being performed by a consultancy which was acquired by KPMG 
after the engagement had commenced. Expenditure on audit and 
non-audit services is set out in note 7 to the financial statements.

Reappointment of auditor
Each year, the committee reviews the effectiveness and 
performance of the external auditors with feedback from 
committee members, senior finance personnel and internal audit. 
KPMG were appointed as auditors in 1990 and this appointment 
has not been subject to a tender process since that date. The lead 
audit partner is required to rotate every five years and other key 
audit partners are required to rotate every seven years. The current 
lead audit partner completed his term in 2012. His replacement 
as lead audit partner has had no previous involvement with 
Rolls-Royce in any capacity. No contractual obligations restrict the 
committee’s choice of external auditors. The committee concluded 
that KPMG provides an effective audit and the committee and the 
Board have recommended their reappointment.

Resolutions to reappoint the external auditor, KPMG Audit Plc, and 
to authorise the directors to determine the auditor’s remuneration, 
will be proposed at the AGM on 2 May 2013. 

I hope that you will vote in favour of the resolutions as the directors 
intend to do in respect of their own shareholdings. 

Other matters
During the year, the committee reviewed risk management in the 
Marine and Civil businesses. The committee reviewed its own terms 
of reference. 

Private meetings
During the year, the committee met privately with the Chief 
Financial Officer, KPMG and the Head of Internal Audit. I also met 
the lead audit partner in private in advance of each meeting.

Lewis Booth CBE
Chairman of the audit committee

 Rolls-Royce Holdings plc annual report 2012However, diversity means much more than gender and we recognise 
that appointments should reflect the increasing range and 
geographical spread of activities carried out by the Group. In May 
2012, we were pleased to announce the appointment of Jasmin 
Staiblin, a German national and currently Chief Executive of Alpiq, 
one of Europe’s leading energy companies. Jasmin’s appointment 
brings to the Board an exceptionally talented individual with broad 
and relevant international engineering experience. 

In addition to the work described above, the committee also carried 
out the following tasks during the year: 

•	 received papers on senior executive development and leadership 
team success and a detailed assessment of current diversity 
across the Group; 

•	 considered time commitments and potential conflicts faced by 
directors who wished to take up non-executive positions on the 
boards of other companies; 

•	 reviewed its own terms of reference; 
•	 considered the independence of the non-executive directors; 
•	 considered the standing schedule of directors’ conflicts of 

interest and recommended to the Board that such conflicts be 
duly re-authorised; and

•	 recommended the appointment of a new company secretary.

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During the latter part of the year, Iain Conn ably led the committee 
in its search for a suitable replacement for myself as Chairman of 
the Board. An independent consultant, MWM Boardroom 
Consulting LLP, was again appointed to conduct the search having 
assisted in the process which led to Jasmin’s appointment earlier in 
the year. I am pleased to report that this process has resulted in the 
announcement on 14 February 2013 of the appointment of Ian 
Davis to the Board, effective 1 March 2013. He will succeed me as 
Chairman at the conclusion of the AGM. I have absolutely no doubt 
that Ian Davis has all the required attributes to lead the Group to 
even greater success in the future.

Sir Simon Robertson
Chairman of the nomination committee

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I have absolutely no doubt that Ian Davis 
has all the required attributes to lead 
the Company to even greater success in 
the future

Sir Simon Robertson
Chairman of the nomination committee

The nomination committee, which comprises the Chairman, the Chief Executive and the 
independent non-executive directors met four times in 2012. Attendance by the 
members is shown in the table on page 44.

The principal role of the nomination committee is to consider, and 
recommend for approval to the Board, the appointment of suitable 
persons as directors of the Company and to lead the process for 
such appointments. The committee is also responsible for reviewing 
and overseeing senior management development to ensure orderly 
succession planning at and immediately below Board level. 

During the year, the committee continued to develop its succession 
plans for new non-executive directors taking into account their 
respective tenures of office as far forward as 2020, analysing the 
skills which were either missing or could be missing in future and 
how different personalities would fit around the board table. 

The committee continues to be mindful of the diversity agenda  
in its candidate selection process. In September 2011, we issued  
our response to the Davies Report on women on boards stating that 
we expected to make demonstrable progress in this area by 2015. 
We are committed to improving diversity at all levels of leadership 
in Rolls-Royce and to making appointments based on merit at  
the most senior levels of our organisation. We recognise the 
importance of gender diversity in the boardroom and the valuable 
contribution that women make in achieving the right mix of skills, 
knowledge and experience that enables us to maximise our 
corporate potential.

We continue to participate in the FTSE 100 Cross Company 
Mentoring Programme, the objective of which is to increase the 
pool of eligible senior female candidates for UK Board positions and 
have comprehensive programmes in place to increase the diversity 
of our internal pipeline of future leaders. We have also issued 
guidance to executive search companies outlining the importance 
of diverse candidate short lists. Further details of our gender 
representation can be found on page 34.

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Ethics committee report 

The Board will not tolerate 
improper business conduct of any 
sort and will take all necessary action 
to ensure compliance

Ian Strachan
Chairman of the ethics committee

The ethics committee consists exclusively of independent non-executive directors. In 
2012, the committee met five times and details of its membership and attendance can 
be found on page 44. During the year, the General Counsel & Head of Risk, Robert Webb, 
took executive responsibility for ethics and attended the meetings. The Chairman of the 
Board, the Chief Executive, the Head of Business Ethics and the Chief Compliance Officer 
were also invited to attend meetings on a regular basis.

The ethics committee was formed in 2008. It is responsible for 
reviewing compliance with the Group’s Global Code of Business 
Ethics, for establishing bribery prevention policies and for  
reviewing arrangements by which staff may raise concerns  
about improprieties in confidence. It considers recommendations 
on ethical matters made by external regulatory authorities or  
other bodies and makes recommendations to the Board on how 
they should be applied in Rolls-Royce. The committee’s full  
terms of reference are available on the Group’s website  
at www.rolls-royce.com.

Referral to Serious Fraud Office (SFO) 
During the last year, much of the discussion at the ethics  
committee has centred on specific concerns about bribery and 
corruption involving intermediaries in overseas markets.  
This followed a request for information from the SFO about 
allegations of malpractice in Indonesia and China. The review by  
our compliance team identified matters of sufficient concern to 
cause the committee to recommend to the Board that the law  
firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP be instructed to conduct an 
independent investigation. 

As a result of that investigation, on 6 December 2012 we announced 
that we were passing information to the SFO addressing their 
concerns in Indonesia and China and identifying further matters 
of concern in other overseas markets. The consequence of these 
disclosures will be decided by the regulatory authorities. It is too 
early to predict the outcomes but these could include the 
prosecution of individuals and of the Company. We are cooperating 
fully. John Rishton has stated unequivocally that neither he nor the 
Board will tolerate improper conduct of any sort and all necessary 
action will be taken to ensure compliance. The Board is committed 
to anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) compliance. Our Board Charter 
includes a commitment to ensure the Group meets ‘the highest 
legal and ethical standards’. 

Global Code of Business Ethics (Global Code)
In 2007, the Board supported the issue of a Global Code of Business 
Ethics which sets out the principles to be followed by employees 
when conducting business and makes it clear that the Board 
pursues a zero tolerance approach to bribery and corruption. The 
Global Code was revised in 2009 and was assessed as ‘best in class’ 
in 2011 by Radley Yeldar, a corporate communications company that 
reviewed 142 FTSE 350 Codes of Conduct against a set of 28 criteria.

Work is currently underway to simplify the Global Code which we 
expect to roll-out with training and engagement activities in the 
first half of 2013. The revised Global Code will: 

•	 provide increased clarity around the Company’s principles and 

the responsibility of individuals;

•	 focus on the guidance and support available to employees to help 

them apply the Global Code; and

•	 be more concise while focusing content on key topics.

ABC work programme
After the publication of the Woolf Committee report in 2008, the 
Board undertook a systematic review of its ethics and compliance 
procedures that led to the creation of the ethics committee which 
first met under my chairmanship in November 2008. In 2009, with 
the assistance of an independent firm of auditors and at a cost of 
over £6 million, the Company conducted a thorough review to 
measure its ABC policies and procedures against the Woolf 
Committee report, the Aerospace & Defence Industries Association 
of Europe Common Industry Standards, the US Federal Sentencing 
Guidelines, the UK Bribery Bill then in draft and the OECD 
Guidelines. The first policies to be implemented arising from the 
work programme were the Global Gifts and Hospitality Policy and a 
new Global Intermediaries Policy both of which went into effect on 
1 December 2010. 

Policies, procedures and guidance notes on the remaining topic 
areas followed in the period from December 2010 to the 
implementation of the UK Bribery Act on 1 July 2011. These covered 
a number of topics including: sponsorships and donations; 
facilitation payments; raising concerns; conflicts of interest; 
competitive intelligence; sales and business evaluation; 
collaborative ventures; joint ventures; offset; human resources; 
financial monitoring and reporting; supply chain and purchasing; 
government interactions; and political lobbying. The ABC 
Programme team came to a close in July 2011, having delivered  
all of the necessary policies identified in the review. 

Global Intermediaries Policy
In 2009, the newly formed ethics committee enhanced and updated 
the Group’s Global Intermediaries Policy to require more exacting 
contractual warranties and safeguards in agreements with 
intermediaries. The current policy introduced in December 2010 
represents a significant enhancement over the prior regime. A 
risk-based approach has been adopted, whereby the Company 
assigns a risk rating to each intermediary (lower, moderate, or 
higher) on the basis of a standardised risk assessment. 
Proportionate levels of review and due diligence are conducted on 
each intermediary depending on this risk rating. This has resulted in 
much more intense scrutiny of activities in high risk countries, 
covering matters such as the level of payments to intermediaries, 
their qualifications and the business case for their use. 

 Rolls-Royce Holdings plc annual report 2012Central ethics and compliance team
In 2011, the Board vested authority to administer and enforce our 
ABC policies in a newly-created compliance organisation, separate 
from but working closely with the business ethics team that 
remains in place to manage the Global Code and the reporting 
hotlines. The compliance organisation’s remit is to embed the ABC 
policies in the businesses and take the ABC programme into a 
‘business as usual’ mode. The compliance organisation, with a total 
staff of 19, is headed by the Group’s first Chief Compliance Officer, 
who joined in May 2011. 

Conclusion
As our actions in 2012 demonstrate, we aim to live up to the high 
ethical standards we have set ourselves. Despite the progress we 
have undoubtedly made, we constantly strive to improve our 
controls as indicated by our recent appointment of Lord Gold to  
lead an independent review of our current procedures. 

We believe that everyone in our Group has a role to play in 
maintaining and building upon our reputation. This is at the heart 
of the way we do business and how we deliver our brand promise  
of ‘Trusted to deliver excellence’.

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Chairman of the ethics committee

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Further work is underway to improve the process for appointment 
or renewal of intermediary advisers and consultants. The Company 
plans to introduce further enhanced controls targeting: the nature 
of the services the intermediary will provide; the value for money 
that represents; proposed and historical payment information;  
and disclosure of all relevant historical information about  
the intermediary.

Global Gifts and Hospitality Policy
This policy ensures that gifts and hospitality offered or accepted by 
the Group’s employees do not appear to give or actually give a 
business advantage and are properly approved and documented. 
An updated and simpler version of the Global Gifts and Hospitality 
Policy was introduced in October 2012 along with a global internet-
based reporting tool, ‘Rolls-Royce Compliance Online’. 

Confidential reporting lines
In 2008, the Company established telephone contact numbers in  
31 countries along with web-based reporting to enable employees, 
wherever they were based in the world, to report confidentially any 
concerns they might have with regard to business conduct.  
The committee receives reports on concerns raised through the 
confidential reporting line. Early this year, an improved service will 
be introduced combining both the internal ethics helpline and the 
confidential reporting line to provide a single route for individuals 
to ask questions or raise concerns 24 hours a day.

Training and engagement
Following the launch of the revised Global Code in 2009, a training 
and engagement programme was undertaken to ensure full 
awareness of the Global Code and the Group’s values and ethics 
across the organisation. This training programme ultimately 
reached more than 37,000 employees, starting with face-to-face 
workshops delivered to 4,600 managers across the Group.

The ABC work programme introduced a further comprehensive 
training programme to ensure that the new ABC policies and 
procedures were fully understood. Two training modules were 
created for gifts and hospitality – an e-learning module was 
completed by 23,000 employees and a facilitated online training 
module designed for employees was completed by the 4,000 
employees responsible for approving gifts and hospitality. Two 
training modules also support the intermediaries process, both of 
which must be taken by any employees who interact with the 
Group’s intermediaries. By the time the UK Bribery Act came into 
effect on 1 July 2011, the Group had delivered more than 12,000 
hours of training with an additional 9,000 hours planned.

Further training is always on our agenda. In 2012, the Group 
launched an online training module for employees in how to deal 
with conflicts of interest and also developed training for employees 
who are actively involved in the acquisition and use of competitive 
intelligence. Additional training on ABC policies will also be rolled 
out on a global basis in 2013.

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Risk committee report 

Focusing our attention on a smaller 
number of risks has led to more 
comprehensive discussions about the 
nature of the risks that really matter 
to our business

John Rishton
Chairman of the risk committee

The risk committee, which consists of the executive directors, met twice in 2012. 
Attendance by the members is shown in the table on page 44. During the year, the 
General Counsel & Head of Risk and the Head of Enterprise Risk Management also 
attended the meetings.

Summary
During the course of our meetings this year, the committee  
has spent time discussing and agreeing the most significant risks 
that the Group faces. We have condensed the 17 risks listed in our 
last annual report to the eight that can be found on pages 18 to 19. 
Each of these risks is owned by specific members of my executive 
team. We reviewed and challenged ourselves as to how these risks 
were managed. 

Development of principal risks
At the June 2012 committee meeting, we performed our usual task 
of considering any potential changes to the full corporate risk 
register. The risk register comprises those risks that are escalated to 
the committee following reviews carried out by the underlying 
business units, programmes and functions.

Risk committee

Businesses / Functions

Business units

Programmes

Work packages

These reviews take place at least twice a year. Following  
discussion, the committee decided that this bottom up process 
could be sense checked by a top down process; asking each member 
of the committee to identify the risks they considered would have  
a significant impact on the Group. The resulting list did overlap  
with the bottom up approach but helped stimulate debate which 
led us to redefine some of the risks and produce a new list of 
principal risks. 

At the November meeting, we refined this new list of principal risks 
further, making changes to remove duplication and to define the 
risks more clearly. We discussed how the risks had changed and also 
reviewed how each risk was managed, identifying where further 
action was required. 

In January 2013, the committee concluded this major review of the 
number and the nature of our risks and we believe that the list we 
have reported on pages 18 to 19 represents the most significant 
risks that would have an acute and traumatic impact on the Group 
were they to occur. 

We also resolved to develop key risk indicators to measure each of 
the principal risks and use them to inform us where future action 
may be required. These will complement the key performance 
indicators shown on pages 16 to 17. 

Group risk process
The risk process is part of our quality management system that all 
parts of the business must follow and it is shown below.

1. Plan

2. Identify

3. Assess

4. Treat

5. Review,
control and
communicate

6. Close out

The General Counsel & Head of Risk now leads our enterprise  
wide risk team which is responsible for the risk policy and processes. 
Line ownership for risk management is devolved into our business 
units and functions, supported by a network of risk champions  
and risk managers.

I am pleased with the level of active debate that we have had about 
risk this year. Focusing our attention on a smaller number of risks 
has helped us to have more comprehensive discussions about the 
nature of the risks that really matter to our business and to 
communicate these throughout the Group. 

Our attention next year will be on developing further measures by 
which the status of these risks can be assessed.

John Rishton
Chairman of the risk committee

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Safety committee report

The safety of our products 
is paramount

Sir Frank Chapman
Chairman of the safety committee

The safety committee consists exclusively of independent non-executive directors. In 
2012, the committee met twice and details of its membership and attendance can be 
found on page 44. During the year, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive, the 
Director – Engineering and Technology and the General Counsel & Head of Risk were 
also invited to attend meetings.

I am pleased to present my first report as chairman of the newly 
formed Rolls-Royce safety committee. The committee held its first 
meeting in June 2012 having been tasked by the Board to keep 
under review the scope and effectiveness of the Group’s Product 
Safety Policies and its Health, Safety and Environment (HS&E) 
Policies. The Group’s performance in HS&E is described in more 
detail in the sustainability report on page 35.

The safety of our products is, of course, paramount. We supply high 
value capital products to customers that are strictly regulated with 
regard to safety. Civil aerospace products are required to meet 
relevant airworthiness authority standards, whilst defence 
operators define their own standards for military aerospace and 
naval products. Marine classification societies prescribe standards 
for product designs, working within the comprehensive regulatory 
framework for shipping developed by the International Maritime 
Organisation. Energy products, including those for the civil nuclear 
programme need to meet relevant standards and regulations. 

The committee’s first priority has been to familiarise the non-
executive committee members with the Group’s detailed safety 
protocols and procedures. At our first meeting, we received a 
presentation on product safety from the Technical and Quality 
Director which covered: the background to the Rolls-Royce Safety 
Management Process; the stringent risk levels the Group works to; 
the status of some key issues being managed across the Group’s 
businesses; and safety assurance and safety in design. 

This was followed by a presentation from the Director – Engineering 
and Technology on the governance of HS&E issues in the Group.  
The committee considered assurance, key metrics, performance, 
global improvement plans in course of delivery and the mechanism 
by which the Group learned from incidents. The meeting also 
considered the Group’s environmental performance including 
emissions levels and targets and actions to improve the in-house 
energy footprint.

At our meeting in December, we had a presentation from the 
Director – Engineering and Technology supported by the Head  
of Product Safety Assurance who took us through the Group’s 
product safety processes in more detail and how the engineering 
function asserts control over critical safety issues throughout the 
manufacturing process. The meeting discussed risk management  
in HS&E and the Group’s risk profile. We also considered personal 
security arrangements for employees travelling to difficult 
territories or else working in high risk environments. 

In November 2012, I spent a day at the Group’s facilities in Derby,  
UK and met the engineering teams. I was impressed by the depth  
of knowledge and diligence demonstrated by the team members. 
During the tour, the team showed me how the Trent 1000 design 
process had proactively addressed safety issues at the design stage. 
I also looked at the management of in-service safety issues and how 
safety was managed for the Royal Navy’s submarine reactors 
currently in service and the design-for-safety approach adopted for 
the next generation successor submarine. My colleagues on the 
committee are planning similar induction visits in the near future. 

The safety committee has been in existence just eight months at 
the date of this report. I feel the committee has made a good start 
but clearly there is more to do and I expect to be able to report much 
more progress in 2013, as the committee’s understanding and 
reporting processes mature.

Sir Frank Chapman
Chairman of the safety committee

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Remuneration committee report 

This year’s remuneration again  
reflects a strong performance

Dame Helen Alexander 
Chairman of the remuneration committee

Rolls-Royce has followed a consistent strategy towards executive 
remuneration over many years. We believe that a significant 
proportion of senior executives’ remuneration should be made 
up of performance-related incentives so that overall reward is 
closely aligned to the creation of long-term stakeholder value. 
These principles are well-established in Rolls-Royce. This year’s 
remuneration again reflects a strong performance. Rolls-Royce has 
achieved record underlying revenues, underlying profits, and has a 
£60 billion order book which should ensure that the business will 
remain strong for many years to come.

In June 2012, the Department for Business Innovation & Skills 
(BIS) issued remuneration reporting regulations. Although these 
will not become mandatory until next year’s report and some of  
the details have still to be finalised, we have gone some way to 
anticipating these new regulations. On page 58 we have presented 
a total figure for remuneration table which includes an estimate of 
the value of the long-term incentive plan that is due to vest in March 
2013. On page 62 we have illustrated the value of executive director 
packages for 2013 under different performance scenarios. 

In the commentary, we show how the annual bonus paid in 2013 
aligned to performance achieved in the 2012 financial year and  
how the Performance Share Plan (PSP) 2010-2012 out-turn was 
aligned to performance achieved and shareholder value generated 
over the three-year performance period; from 1 January 2010 to  
31 December 2012.

Annual bonus outcome
It is an important principle of the Rolls-Royce executive bonus 
arrangements that no bonus can be paid to anyone unless the 
entire Group has achieved the financial targets set by the 
committee. During 2012, the Group delivered 24 per cent growth  
in underlying profit before tax and, before the cost of acquisitions 
and foreign exchange translation effects, a net cash inflow of  
£137 million. This strong performance was achieved in challenging 
economic circumstances whilst maintaining the long-term 
investment programmes needed to deliver our existing order  
book and future growth.

The committee is satisfied that the annual bonus financial outcome 
of 85 per cent for the executive directors for 2012 appropriately 
reflects these results and the significant value delivered to all 
stakeholders. Individual bonuses for executive directors reflect 
personal performance against clear objectives and can therefore 
vary in the range zero per cent to 120 per cent of the 85 per cent 
bonus determined by the Group financial outcome. The aggregate 
of individual bonuses cannot exceed the 85 per cent financial 
outcome. For executive directors, 40 per cent of the bonus is 
delivered in deferred shares which must be held for a period of two 
years, to align further with shareholder interests.

Underlying profit  
before tax (£m)

+24%

1,429

1,157

11

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Performance Share Plan outcome
The long-term incentive plans at Rolls-Royce are designed to reward 
long-term value creation. They are measured over three years 
against Total Shareholder Return (TSR), earnings per share and cash 
generation. Against all these metrics Rolls-Royce has performed 
well. The share price, for example, increased by 60 per cent  
between 1 March 2010 (date of grant for the 2010 PSP award) and 
31 December 2012, compared to an increase in the FTSE 100 index 
over the same period of nine per cent. The March 2010 PSP award 
was made on the basis of a share price of 544.70 pence. The graph 
below demonstrates that a large part of the performance share plan 
reward is due to the substantial increase in the Company’s share 
price from 544.70 pence per share at award date to 873.50 pence 
per share at the end of the three-year performance period – a strong 
alignment of executive reward to shareholder reward. The actual 
value released will depend on the share price when the award  
vests on 1 March 2013.

Long-term remuneration for 2012 (£000)

451

462

385

107

178

Mark
Morris

747

James
Guyette

637

Colin
Smith

765

Mike
Terrett

 PSP (appreciation in share price)
 PSP (value at grant in 2010)

Over the three-year performance period for the 2010 PSP grant,  
our performance in terms of cash flow and earnings per share was 
sufficient to release 100 per cent of the conditional shares originally 
granted. The Company’s TSR was 11th in the FTSE 100 over the 
three-year performance period. This TSR performance triggers  
an increase of 50 per cent in the shares released to executive 
directors and other members of the Group Leadership Team and  
an increase of 25 per cent for other executives. Executives must 
retain 50 per cent of the shares they receive under the scheme  
until they retire from the Company or achieve a minimum 
shareholding requirement which is 200 per cent of salary for the 
Chief Executive or 150 per cent for other executive directors.  
This ensures the directors have a personal financial interest in  
the long-term success of the business. 

The following chart tracks the value of £100 invested in Rolls-Royce 
shares (to be clear, without taking account of dividends) compared 
to the FTSE 100 index from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012, to 
match with the performance period for the March 2010 PSP award.

Rolls-Royce – three year TSR data

200

175

150

125

100

75

50
2010

Rolls-Royce (rebased to 100)
FTSE 100 (rebased to 100)

2011

2012

2013

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Rolls-Royce TSR of 818 per cent over the ten-year period to  
31 December 2012 was better than any other FTSE 100 company. 
Only 71 of the companies which made up the FTSE 100 at the 
beginning of that period are still trading independently and the 
median TSR amongst these 71 companies over the same ten-year 
period is 92 per cent.

Total returns over the period to 31 December 2012

Last year
Last 3 years
Last 5 years
Last 7 years
Last 10 years

FTSE 100
17%
35%
11%
43%
92%

Rolls-Royce
37%
106%
90%
187%
818%

Rolls-Royce versus FTSE 100 TSR growth in each performance year

2010
2011
2012

FTSE 100
23%
5%
17%

Rolls-Royce
+37%
+13%
+37%

All TSR numbers on this page, for both Rolls-Royce and FTSE 100, are 
calculated based on start and end values averaged over the 
previous six months. This is consistent with the rules of the PSP. 

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Remuneration committee report

Remuneration and opportunities for our employees
All employees worldwide have the opportunity to benefit from our 
success through participation in our global bonus and share plans. 
All employees who were with us throughout 2012 will be receiving 
a bonus of at least two weeks’ pay as a result of our 2012 
performance. Around a half of our employees currently participate 
in our global save-as-you-earn ShareSave plan which gives all 
employees the opportunity to benefit from share price growth. In 
February 2013, two of our ShareSave plans matured – a three-year 
plan granted in 2009 at an option price of 387 pence and a five-year 
plan granted in 2007 at an option price of 416.1 pence against a 
closing price on 1 February 2013 of 971 pence. In addition, more 
than 6,000 employees participate in our SharePurchase and 
ShareBonus plans which allow employees to purchase shares on 
a regular basis and to convert bonus payments into shares.

The work of the committee during 2012
In February 2012, the committee endorsed the out-turn for bonus 
and long-term incentive plans. It also considered a benchmarking 
report by Deloitte LLP and assessments of personal performance 
before approving salary increases for senior executives. 
The committee set bonus targets for 2012 and targets for the 
Performance Share Plan 2012-2014 and agreed the participation 
of senior executives in those plans. It also considered a draft of the 
directors’ remuneration report which it agreed to recommend  
to the Board for approval.

In November, the committee considered the way the bonus pool 
would be determined for 2013. The committee agreed revised terms 
of reference and considered the BIS consultation on remuneration 
reporting. It agreed that consideration would be given to early 
adoption of some of the disclosure requirements within the draft 
regulations in the 2012 annual report.

In December, the committee considered the potential out-turns for 
the 2012 bonus, the all-employee bonus scheme and the vesting of 
PSP 2010 – 2012.

In summary
We support the clear message on executive remuneration sent by 
BIS that: ‘generous rewards for leading executives are not an issue 
where executive remuneration is well-structured, clearly linked to 
the strategic objectives of a company, and which rewards executives 
that contribute to the long-term success of that company’.  
The committee is very pleased that once again we are disclosing  
and explaining the compensation arrangements for Rolls-Royce 
executives against a background of excellent business performance.

Dame Helen Alexander 
Chairman of the remuneration committee

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Remuneration committee
The committee is responsible for making recommendations to the 
Board on the Group’s policy regarding executive remuneration and 
determines, on the Board’s behalf, the specific remuneration 
packages of the Chairman, the executive directors and a number 
 of senior executives. A copy of the committee’s terms of reference  
is available at www.rolls-royce.com/about/management/
corporate_governance. The remuneration committee consists 
exclusively of independent non-executive directors. In 2012, the 
committee met three times and details of its membership and 
attendance can be found on page 44. Peter Byrom retired as a 
member of the remuneration committee in February 2011. He 
continued to attend meetings by invitation. During the year, the 
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive, the Group HR Director 
and the HR Director – Performance, Reward and Recognition also 
attended the meetings. 

During 2012, the committee had access to advice from:
•	 Deloitte LLP 1; and
•	 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, the Company’s lawyers.
1  Deloitte LLP advised the Group on tax, assurance, pensions and corporate finance and 
Deloitte MCS Limited provided consulting services.

The remuneration policy framework
The Group operates in a highly competitive, international market. 
Its business is complex, technologically advanced and has long time 
horizons. The Group is committed to achieving sustained 
improvements in performance and this depends crucially on the 
individual contributions made by the executive team and by 
employees at all levels. The Board therefore believes that an 

effective remuneration strategy plays an essential part in the 
future success of the Group.

Accordingly, we remain committed to a remuneration policy which, 
whilst sufficiently flexible to take account of future changes in the 
Group’s business environment and in remuneration practice, will 
continue to reflect the following broad principles:

•	 the remuneration of executive directors and other senior 

executives should reflect their responsibilities and contain 
incentives to deliver the Group’s performance objectives without 
encouraging excessive risk taking;

•	 remuneration must be capable of attracting and retaining the 

individuals necessary for business success;

•	 total remuneration should be based on Group and individual 

performance, both in the short and long term;

•	 the system of remuneration should establish a close identity of 
interest between senior executives and shareholders through 
measures such as encouraging the senior executives to acquire 
shares in the Company. Therefore, a significant proportion of 
senior executive remuneration will comprise share-based 
long-term incentives; and

•	 when determining remuneration, the remuneration committee 

should take into account pay and employment conditions 
elsewhere in the Group.

The committee reviews regularly both the competitiveness  
of the Group’s remuneration structure and its role in  
incentivising executives to enhance value for all stakeholders  
over the longer term.

The main components of remuneration
The main components of remuneration for all executives worldwide comprise base salary, annual incentive arrangements, long-term 
share-based incentives and benefits. Executives are also entitled to participate in all-employee share plans.

Base salaries •	

 Set by the committee at levels required to recruit and retain high 
quality senior executives with reference to the marketplace for 
companies of similar size, internationality and complexity and 
taking account of pay elsewhere in the Group.

•	 Set with reference to market practice.

•	  Normally reviewed annually on 1 March. Increases must be 
justified on the basis of performance and are not automatic.

Annual 
Performance 
Related 
Award plan 
(APRA)

•	 Annual incentive.
•	  Measures set by the committee, to align with Group Strategy,  

•	  Compulsory deferral of 40 per cent of bonus into shares.
•	 Bonus potential: 

based on underlying profit, cash flow and individual objectives  
and performance.

–   for on target performance, 75 per cent of salary for executive 

directors, and 81 per cent for Chief Executive.

•	 Strong link between performance and remuneration.
•	  Promotes share ownership and encourages decisions in the 

•	

long-term interest of shareholders. 
 Bonuses can be increased by up to 20 per cent to reflect  
exceptional personal performance. 

•	 Shares vest after two years subject to continued employment.

–   for maximum performance, 125 per cent of salary for executive 

directors, and 135 per cent for Chief Executive. 

•	  For UK participants, APRA awards do not form part of pensionable 

earnings.

Performance 
Share Plan 
(PSP)

•	 Share-based long-term incentive.
•	 Conditional on corporate performance.
•	  Measures based on Cash Flow Per Share (CPS), Total Shareholder 
Return (TSR) and an underlying earnings per ordinary share (EPS) 
hurdle to ensure alignment with Group strategy and with the 
interests of shareholders.
 Shares vest after three years provided performance criteria are met.

•	

All-employee 
share plans

•	

 ShareSave Plan – a savings-related share option plan available to all 
employees allowing purchase of shares at a discount to the share 
price at date of grant. 

•	  50 per cent must be held until retirement or the minimum 

shareholding requirement is met.

•	 Potential: 

–   for maximum CPS performance, 100 per cent of salary for 
executive directors, and 120 per cent for Chief Executive.

–   for maximum CPS and TSR performance, 150 per cent of salary 
for executive directors, and 180 per cent for Chief Executive.

•	  ShareSave options may be exercised in three or five years from the 

date of grant.

•	  Shares under the SIP vest after five years free from income tax and 

•	  Free share element of the Share Incentive Plan (SIP) where UK 

national insurance.

•	

employees receive shares as part of any bonus paid. 
 Partnership share element of the SIP under which UK employees 
may make regular purchases of shares from pre-tax income.

In addition to the above, pension and other benefits, which are competitive in local markets, are provided.

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Total remuneration
We have gone some way to applying the new BIS regulations by 
providing the following table which shows a total figure for salary, 
benefits, annual bonus and long-term incentives. Pension 
valuations are provided on page 63 using the methodology  
under the existing regulations.

James Guyette
Mark Morris
John Rishton
Colin Smith CBE
Mike Terrett CBE

Salary
£000
517
482
896
506
567

Benefits
£000
100
189
126
23
125

Bonus
£000
663
464
1,239
596
303

PSP
£000
1,198
285
1,666
1,022
1,227

Total
£000
2,478
1,420
3,927
2,147
2,222

•	 Salary is total base salary paid during 2012.
•	 Benefits include car or car allowance, use of a driver, housing costs, private medical 

insurance and financial counselling.

•	 Bonus is the total bonus award paid in cash and deferred shares for 2012 performance. 
Forty per cent of the bonus is in deferred shares which are released after two years.
•	 PSP is an estimate of the value of the PSP award, including the TSR multiplier, which is 
due to vest on 1 March 2013. The PSP award was originally granted on 1 March 2010 at 
544.70 pence. The share price as at 31 December 2012 was 873.50 pence. For John 
Rishton, the table shows the value of the shares that are due to vest on 1 March 2013 
that were granted to him on joining the Company.

Annual incentives – APRA bonus opportunity
The committee considers that there should be a continuing 
emphasis on those at-risk elements of remuneration, such as annual 
and long-term incentives, which directly influence the performance 
of senior executives. For the Chief Executive, a 162 per cent 
maximum bonus opportunity means that 62 per cent of combined 
basic pay and bonus opportunity is directly related to annual 
financial and personal performance.

Under APRA, as operated in 2012, executive directors were eligible 
for awards in accordance with the table below:

James Guyette
Mark Morris
John Rishton
Colin Smith CBE
Mike Terrett CBE

Target bonus 
(as a % of salary)1
75
75
81
75
75

Maximum bonus 
(as a % of salary)1
125
125
135
125
125

1   It is possible for a bonus award to be increased by a further 20 per cent to reflect 

exceptional personal performance. Therefore the overall maximum was 162 per cent  
for the Chief Executive and 150 per cent for the other executive directors.

The committee has determined that the bonus in respect of  
2013 will be operated on substantially similar terms to 2012. 
However, in 2013 separate bonus pools will be earned for profit and 
cash performance. Anything earned through one measure will be 
subject to a minimum level of acceptable performance against the 
other measure. The committee is mindful of corporate, 
environmental, social and governance risks when setting personal 
objectives. There will be no change to the maximum bonus 
opportunities for executive directors.

APRA performance measures
For 2012, the performance targets operated so that three  
Group underlying profit targets were set in respect of bonus  
levels as follows:

Base
Stretch (1)
Stretch (2)

(% of maximum)
30
60
100

The bonus pool earned through profit performance was multiplied 
by a factor between zero per cent and 100 per cent as determined 
by cash flow performance.

For 2012, the performance out-turns which resulted in the APRA 
bonus out-turns were as follows:

Group underlying 
profit

Cash flow hurdle

Group underlying profit* was £1,292 million  
which exceeded the Base and the Stretch (1)  
target but was less than the Stretch (2) target.  
The performance resulted in achievement of  
86 per cent of the maximum.
Cash flow* for the year was £92 million which 
resulted in the bonus pool earned through profit 
performance being reduced from 86 per cent to a 
final bonus pool of 85 per cent.

*Group underlying profit and cash flow exclude Tognum, the impact of acquisitions and 
disposals in the year and unbudgeted foreign exchange translation effects where material.

Individual bonuses for executive directors reflect personal 
performance against clear objectives and can therefore vary  
in the range zero per cent to 120 per cent of the 85 per cent  
bonus determined by the Group financial outcome.  
The aggregate of individual bonuses cannot exceed the  
85 per cent financial outcome.

Deferred APRA
For executive directors and other senior executives, 40 per cent of 
APRA is delivered in the form of a deferred share award in the 
Company’s shares. For other participants in APRA, 33 per cent is 
delivered in the form of deferred shares. Details of deferred shares 
held under the plan are shown in the table on page 65.

A participant who is granted a deferred share award under APRA 
must normally continue to remain an employee of the Group for 
two years from the date of the award in order for the shares to vest, 
although shares will be released early in certain circumstances 
including retirement or redundancy.

The value of any deferred share awards is derived from the annual 
bonus criteria and is therefore dependent on personal and business 
financial performance. This arrangement provides a strong link 
between performance and remuneration, promotes a culture of 
share ownership amongst the Group’s senior management and 
encourages decisions in the long-term interest of shareholders.

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APRA timeline – 2013 performance year

PSP timeline – 2013-2015 performance period

Start of 
performance
period

End of 
performance
period

Deferred share
awards allocated
and cash
awards paid

End of two year
retention period

Deferred shares
released

Start of performance period

End of performance period

After tax shares released 
subject to performance 
criteria

50% of after tax shares 
continue to be held under 
retention policy

1 Jan 13

31 Dec 13

31 Dec 14

31 Dec 15

1 Jan 13

31 Dec 13

31 Dec 14

31 Dec 15

Other annual incentives
The same financial targets as set for APRA are used for the 
Managers’ Bonus and the All-Employee Bonus Scheme (AEBS). The 
Managers’ Bonus typically enables managers worldwide to receive  
a bonus of up to ten per cent of pay and the AEBS up to two weeks’ 
pay, based on corporate and business performance. Participants in 
APRA or the Managers’ Bonus do not participate in the AEBS.

Long-term incentives – PSP
The PSP is designed to reward and incentivise selected senior 
executives who can influence the long-term performance of the 
Group. The size of awards under the PSP take into account 
competitive levels within the marketplace for UK companies of a 
similar size and complexity to the Group. In 2012, John Rishton 
received a conditional award of shares with a market value at the 
time of grant of 120 per cent of his annual salary. 

The 2012 grant for other executive directors was 100 per cent  
of their annual salary and 80 per cent for other members of the 
Group Leadership Team.

Under the rules of the PSP, selected senior executives are granted 
conditional share awards entitling them to a number of shares 
determined by reference to corporate performance over a three-
year performance period. The measures of corporate performance 
are CPS, EPS and TSR. These measures are considered particularly 
important in generating shareholder value and are explained in 
more detail in the table opposite. There is no retesting of the 
performance criteria and no automatic vesting in the event of a 
takeover. In the three-year period to 31 December 2012, the 
Company’s profit and cash flow performance generated 100 per 
cent of the number of shares conditionally granted in 2010. This was 
increased to 150 per cent for executive directors and other senior 
executives and to 125 per cent for other participants because the 
Company’s TSR was ranked 11th in the FTSE 100 and therefore in the 
upper quartile, over the three-year performance period 2010-2012.

PSP performance measures

Vesting criteria
EPS growth 

Purpose of 
the measure
Hurdle to ensure any 
payouts are 
supported by sound 
profitability

Performance condition over  
three-year period
•	  If EPS growth exceeds the hurdle, 
the number of shares vesting will 
be determined in accordance 
with the CPS targets.

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Aggregate CPS 

Incentivise 
generation of cash 
flow in line with the 
Group’s strategy

TSR performance 
against FTSE 100 
index

Align interests with 
shareholders by 
rewarding out- 
performance of  
FTSE 100 returns

•	  If EPS growth does not exceed  

the hurdle – zero vesting.
•	  Below threshold cash flow  

target – zero vesting.
•	  Threshold cash flow  

target – 30 per cent vesting.

•	  Vesting will increase on a 

straight-line basis between  
30 per cent and 100 per cent.
•	  50th percentile (median) and 
below – no additional vesting.
•	  Above 50th percentile (median) 
– vesting will be enhanced by  
25 per cent. For executive 
directors and selected senior 
executives, a straight-line basis 
will operate from 25 per cent to 
50 per cent enhancement for 
upper quartile TSR performance. 

The profit hurdle for the 2013 grant will require EPS to show real 
growth by exceeding the OECD index of consumer prices.

The following CPS targets will apply to the grants to be made  
in 2013:

Aggregate CPS over 
three-year performance period
56p
94p

Percentage of maximum 
award released
30
100

The committee believes that these CPS targets are challenging and 
that the performance necessary to achieve awards towards the 
upper end of the range is stretching. They should not, therefore, be 
interpreted as providing guidance on the Group’s performance over 
the relevant period.

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PSP awards granted in 2013
For 2013, the size of awards under the PSP will be unchanged from 
2012 and will be as follows:

James Guyette
Mark Morris
John Rishton
Colin Smith CBE

PSP award 
(as a % of salary)
100
100
120
100

PSP award 
overall maximum 
(as a % of salary)
150
150
180
150

Share retention policy
The committee believes it is important that the interests of the 
executive directors should be closely aligned with those of 
shareholders. The deferred APRA award and the PSP provide 
considerable alignment. However, participants in the PSP are also 
required to retain at least one half of the number of after tax shares 
released from the PSP, until the value of their shareholding reaches 
200 per cent of salary for the Chief Executive and 150 per cent for 
other executive directors. When this level is reached, it must be 
retained until retirement or departure from the Group. Details  
of the executive directors’ share interests are set out on pages  
64 to 67. The current executive directors have each complied with 
the minimum shareholding requirement. 

All-employee share plans
The committee believes that share-based plans make a significant 
contribution to the close involvement and interest of all employees 
in the Group’s performance. Executive directors are eligible to 
participate in the Group’s all-employee share plans on the same 
terms as other employees: 

i) 

 the ShareSave Plan – a savings-related share option plan available 
to all employees. In the UK, this plan operates within UK tax 
legislation (including a requirement to finance the exercise of the 
option using the proceeds of a monthly savings contract) but the 
key principles are applied globally. The exercise of the option is 
not subject to the achievement of a performance target; 

ii)   the free share element of the Share Incentive Plan (SIP) under 

which UK employees may receive shares as part of the Company 
component of any bonus paid. The SIP attracts tax benefits for 
UK employees; and 

iii)  the partnership share element of the SIP under which UK 
employees may make regular purchases of shares from  
pre-tax income.

Benefits
Executive directors and senior executives are entitled to a company 
car or car allowance, private medical insurance and financial 
counselling. James Guyette is entitled to a housing allowance and 
the costs of additional housing are met for John Rishton, Mark 
Morris and Mike Terrett.

Service contracts
The committee’s policy is that executive directors appointed to the 
Board are offered notice periods of 12 months. The committee 
recognises that in the case of appointments to the Board from 
outside the Group, it may be necessary to offer a longer initial notice 
period, which would subsequently reduce to 12 months after that 
initial period.

The committee has a defined policy on compensation and 
mitigation to be applied in the event of a UK director’s contract 
being terminated prematurely. In these circumstances, steps are 
taken to ensure that poor performance is not rewarded. When 
calculating termination payments, the committee takes into 
account a range of factors including the director’s obligation to 
mitigate their own loss.

The following table summarises the terms of the executive 
directors’ service contracts:

James Guyette
Mark Morris
John Rishton
Colin Smith CBE

Date of 
contract
29 September 1997

Unexpired 
term
Indefinite

Notice period 
Company
30 days 1
1 January 2012 12 months 12 months
10 March 2011 12 months 12 months
1 July 2005 12 months 12 months

Notice period 
individual
30 days
6 months
6 months
6 months

1   James Guyette has a contract with Rolls-Royce North America Inc., drawn up under the 
laws of the State of Virginia, US. It provides that, on termination without cause, he is 
entitled to 12 months’ severance pay without mitigation and, in addition, appropriate 
relocation costs.

External directorships of executive directors
During 2012, James Guyette was chairman of PrivateBancorp Inc., 
and a director of priceline.com Inc. In each case he retained the 
relevant fees from serving on the boards of these companies, as 
shown in the table below:

James Guyette 1

Payment received 
£000
110

1   James Guyette was paid in US dollars translated at £1=US$1.585. 

In addition to an annual fee, James Guyette received 3,345 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) 
at US$14.95 per share in PrivateBancorp. During 2012, 3,460 RSUs vested. He was 
granted 263 shares of restricted stock at US$645.86 per share in priceline.com.  
During 2012, 1,031 shares of restricted stock vested at US$645.86 per share.

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Directors’ aggregate emoluments (audited)
The individual directors’ emoluments are analysed as follows: 

Executive directors
James Guyette 5
Mark Morris 6
John Rishton
Colin Smith CBE
Mike Terrett CBE 7 
Former directors who served during 2011 
but did not serve during 2012 8

Non-executive directors
Dame Helen Alexander
Lewis Booth CBE
Peter Byrom
Sir Frank Chapman
Iain Conn
Sir Peter Gregson 9
John McAdam
John Neill CBE
Sir Simon Robertson
Jasmin Staiblin 10
Ian Strachan

Annual Performance Related Award plan (APRA)

Salary/fees
£000

Cash
bonus
£000

Deferred

shares 1
£000

517
482
896
506
567

–
2,968

75
80
60
75
72
21
60
60
370
37
75
3,953

398
278
743
358
182

–
1,959

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,959

265
186
496
238
121

–
1,306

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1,306

Total
APRA
£000

663
464
1,239
596
303

–
3,265

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3,265

2012

2011

Aggregate
emoluments
excluding
pensions
contributions 4
£000

Aggregate
emoluments
excluding
pensions
contributions 4
£000

Cash

allowance 2 

£000

Taxable
benefits 3
£000

–
58
195
127
–

–
380

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
380

100
189
126
23
125

–
563

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7
–
–
570

1,280
1,193
2,456
1,252
995

–
7,176

75
80
60
75
72
21
60
60
377
37
75
8,168

G
o
v
e
r
n
a
n
c
e

1,124
–
1,910
1,135
1,277

1,481
6,927

74
44
60
11
72
60
60
60
385
–
86
7,839

1   For executive directors, 60 per cent of APRA is delivered in cash and 40 per cent is delivered in the form of a deferred share award. Shares forming part of the bonus under APRA will be 

valued at the date of award which is likely to be 1 March 2013. The Trustee will acquire the required number of shares at the prevailing market price by 31 March 2013. 

2   Colin Smith CBE received a cash allowance in lieu of future pension accrual. Mark Morris received a cash allowance in lieu of future pension accrual. John Rishton received employer 

contributions into the executive defined contribution pension arrangement restricted to the annual allowance limits with any excess paid as a cash allowance. 

3   Taxable benefits may include the following: a car or car allowance; the use of a driver; private medical insurance and financial counselling; in the case of James Guyette, a housing 

allowance and club membership fees; and in the case of John Rishton, Mark Morris and Mike Terrett CBE, the figure in the above table includes additional housing costs paid on their 
behalf and the tax charge on that benefit paid by the Group. 

4   Aggregate emoluments exclude pensions contributions. Details of the directors’ pensions are set out on pages 63 and 64. 
5   James Guyette was paid in US dollars translated at £1 = US$1.585.
6   Mark Morris was appointed as an executive director on 1 January 2012. 
7   Mike Terrett CBE retired as an executive director on 31 December 2012.
8  Sir John Rose retired as an executive director on 31 March 2011 and Andrew Shilston retired as an executive director on 31 December 2011.
9   Sir Peter Gregson retired as a non-executive director on 4 May 2012.
10  Jasmin Staiblin was appointed as a non-executive director on 21 May 2012.

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TSR over five years
The Company’s TSR performance over the previous five years 
compared to a broad equity market index is shown in the  
graph below. The FTSE 100 has been chosen as the comparator 
index because it contains a broad range of other leading UK  
listed companies.

The graph shows the growth in value of a hypothetical £100  
holding in Rolls-Royce Holdings plc ordinary shares over five years, 
relative to the FTSE 100 index. The values of the hypothetical  
£100 holdings at the end of the five-year period were £186.40  
and £110.60 respectively.

Rolls-Royce – five year TSR data

Rolls-Royce (rebased to 100)

FTSE 100 (rebased to 100)

200

180

160

140

120

100

80

60

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

The TSR calculations in the chart above are based on spot start and end values for both 
Rolls-Royce and the FTSE 100. The TSR data on page 55 is based on start and end values 
averaged over six months to be consistent with the rules of the PSP and does not therefore 
align to the values on which this chart is based. However, both spot and average 
methodologies confirm that Rolls-Royce TSR has outperformed the FTSE 100.

Payments made to former directors of the Company (audited)
John Cheffins retired from the Board on 30 September 2007. He has 
continued in his role as Chairman of Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems 
Limited and provided non-executive advice to the Energy business. 
He was paid £47,890 and benefits totalling £3,642 in 2012 (paid in 
Canadian dollars translated at £1= CAD$1.5837).

Dr Mike Howse retired from the Board on 30 June 2005. Following 
his retirement, he has continued to be retained by the Company for 
his expertise in engineering. He was paid £23,940 in 2012.

Looking ahead to 2013
The following chart illustrates the value of executive directors’ 
packages in various scenarios.

Performance scenarios for annual bonus and PSP

Below
threshold
There is no bonus 
and no vesting 
under the PSP

Threshold
Threshold bonus 
and threshold 
vesting under  
the PSP

Maximum
Maximum bonus 
(based on 
financial 
performance)  
and maximum 
CPS vesting  
under the PSP

Exceptional 
maximum
Maximum bonus 
(based on 
financial and 
exceptional 
individual 
performance) and 
maximum vesting 
under the PSP 
with maximum 
TSR multiplier

£000

4,500
4,000

3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0

John
Rishton

Mark
Morris

Colin
Smith

James
Guyette

1

2 3 4

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

1. Below threshold
2. Threshold
3. Maximum
4. Exceptional maximum

 Salary for the year
 The taxable value of benefits
 The potential value of the APRA award depending on the performance scenario
  The potential value of the PSP awards, depending on the performance scenario

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Pensions (audited)
The Group’s UK pension schemes are funded, registered schemes 
and were approved under the regime applying until 6 April 2006. 
They include both defined contribution and defined benefit 
pension schemes. 

Colin Smith CBE opted out of future pension accrual with effect 
from 1 April 2006. He receives a cash allowance in lieu of future 
pension accrual. Had he elected to continue to accrue pension the 
estimated cost of that accrual would be higher than the cash 
allowance being paid in lieu.

John Rishton is a member of one of the Group’s UK defined 
contribution pension schemes and received employer contributions 
restricted to the annual allowance limits with any excess paid as a 
cash allowance. The cash allowance is calculated as equivalent to 
the cost of the pension contributions allowing for national 
insurance costs.

Mark Morris opted out of future pension accrual and salary linkage 
with effect from 16 August 2012 and receives a cash allowance. Had 
he elected to continue to remain in the pension plan the estimated 
cost of accrual would be higher than the cash allowance being paid 
in lieu. 

Mike Terrett CBE opted out of future pension accrual with  
effect from 1 April 2006 and started to receive his pension from  
1 November 2009. Since starting to receive his pension, he does not 
accrue any further pension benefit or allowance in lieu of pension 
benefit from his ongoing employment with the Group.

James Guyette participates in pension plans sponsored by  
Rolls-Royce North America Inc. He is a member of two defined 
benefit plans in the US, one qualified and one non-qualified.  
He accrues a retirement lump sum benefit in both of these plans. 
The aggregate value of the retirement lump sums accrued in these 
two plans, and the transfer values of these benefits, are shown 
in the second table below. In addition, James Guyette is a member 
of two 401(k) Savings Plans in the US, one qualified and one 
non-qualified, to which both he and his employer, Rolls-Royce 
North America Inc., contribute. He is also a member of an 
unfunded non-qualified deferred compensation plan in the US,  
to which his employer makes notional contributions. Employer 
contributions to these three plans during 2012 have been added  
to the increase in transfer value over 2012 for the defined benefit 
plans, and are therefore included in the figures shown in the final 
two columns of the second table below. The transfer values in the 
tables below have been calculated on the basis of actuarial advice.

G
o
v
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n
a
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c
e

Details of the pension benefits, which accrued over the year in the Group’s registered UK defined benefit pension scheme 1, are given below: 

Increase in accrued
pension during the
year ended
31 Dec 2012
£000 pa
40
61
3

Increase/decrease
 in accrued pension
 during the
year ended
 31 Dec 2012 2
£000 pa
34
46
(10)

Total accrued
pension
entitlement at
the year ended

Transfer value of
accrued pension as

Transfer value as at
31 Dec 2011 of
accrued pension at

31 Dec 2012 3 

at 31 Dec 2012 4 

£000 pa
164
363
244

£000
3,778
6,977
5,773

that date 4 
£000
2,354
6,002
5,666

Increase in
transfer value over
2012 net of the
member’s own
contributions
£000
1,406
975
107

Transfer value of
increase/decrease
in accrued
pension over 2012 
net of the member’s

own contributions 5 

£000
1,325
732
(202)

Increase in
accrued retirement
lump sum during
the year ended
31 Dec 2012
£000 pa
125

Increase in accrued 
retirement lump 
sum during the year 
ended 31 Dec 2012 2 

£000 pa
87

Total accrued 
retirement lump 
sum entitlement 
at the year ended 
31 Dec 2012 8 

£000 pa
1,047

Transfer value 
of accrued
retirement
lump sum as at 
31 Dec 2012 
£000
1,047

Transfer value as at 
31 Dec 2011 of 
accrued retirement 
lump sum 
at that date 
£000
922

Increase in
transfer value over
2012 net of the
member’s own
contributions
£000
508

Transfer value of
increase in accrued
retirement lump
sum over 2012 net
of the member’s
own contributions 5 

£000
471

Mark Morris 6 
Colin Smith CBE 
Mike Terrett CBE 7

James Guyette 9

1    Members of the schemes have the option to pay Additional Voluntary Contributions. Neither the contributions nor the resulting benefits are included in the above table. 
2    This column shows the increase/decrease in pension/retirement lump sum during the year ended 31 December 2012 but in this case excluding the effect of inflation. 
3    The pension entitlement shown is that which would be paid annually on retirement at normal retirement age or to 1 April 2006 for Colin Smith CBE and to 16 August 2012 

for Mark Morris. For Mike Terrett CBE, the pension shown is the annual pension in payment at 31 December 2012. 

4    The transfer values stated represent liabilities of the Rolls-Royce sponsored pension schemes and are not sums paid to the individuals. The transfer values of the accrued pensions 

as at 31 December 2011 and 31 December 2012 have been calculated on the bases adopted by the trustees on 6 October 2008 and 16 October 2012 respectively, following receipt of 
actuarial advice. 

5    This column shows the transfer value of the increase/decrease in pension/retirement lump sum during the year ended 31 December 2012 excluding the effect of inflation,  

and net of the member’s own contributions. 

6    Mark Morris was appointed as an executive director on 1 January 2012. 
7    Mike Terrett CBE retired as an executive director on 31 December 2012.
8    The lump sum entitlement shown is that which would be paid on immediate retirement based on service to the end of the year. 
9    Benefits are translated at £1 = US$1.6255.

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Details of payments made by the Group to defined contribution pension plans on behalf of the following executive directors are  
given below: 

James Guyette 1, 2
John Rishton

2012
£000
394
123

2011
£000
381
115

1 

 Employer contributions for the defined contribution plans during 2012, have been included in the increase in transfer value over 2012 for the defined benefit plans and shown in the 
final two columns of the table above for James Guyette.

2  Benefits are translated at £1 = US$1.585.

Directors’ share interests (audited)
The directors who held office at 31 December 2012 and their connected persons, had the following interests in the ordinary shares and 
C Shares 1 of the Company in respect of which transactions are notifiable to the Company under DTR 3.1.2R of the Disclosure Rules and 
Transparency Rules:

James Guyette
Mark Morris 2
John Rishton
Colin Smith CBE
Mike Terrett CBE 3 
Dame Helen Alexander
Peter Byrom
Lewis Booth CBE
Iain Conn
Sir Peter Gregson 4 
Dr John McAdam
John Neill CBE
Sir Simon Robertson
Jasmin Staiblin 5
Ian Strachan

1 January 
2012#
274,797
39,618
9,686
218,554
507,166
1,071
223,321
5,000
20,210
4,218
1,571
36,464
41,839
–
11,500

Ordinary shares

Changes in 
2012
211,646
32,254
97,179
64,308
10,659
407
4,692
7,500
4,000
137
341
2,101
878
–
–

31 December 
2012§
486,443
71,872
106,865
282,862
517,825
1,478
228,013
12,500
24,210
4,355
1,912
38,565
42,717
–
11,500

1 January
2012#
–
–
–
–
–
102,816
–
–
–
–
226,080
1,858,752
–
–
–

C Shares

Changes in
2012
51,562,968
4,314,497
–
–
–
187,425
–
–
11,178
–
(226,080)
5,138,350
–
–
–

31 December
2012§
51,562,968
4,314,497
–
–
–
290,241
–
–
11,178
–
–
6,997,102
–
–
–

# Or date of appointment if later
§ Or date of retirement if earlier
1   Non-cumulative redeemable preference shares of 0.1p each. 
2   Mark Morris was appointed as an executive director on 1 January 2012.
3   Mike Terrett CBE retired as an executive director on 31 December 2012.
4   Sir Peter Gregson retired as a non-executive director on 4 May 2012.
5   Jasmin Staiblin was appointed as a non-executive director on 21 May 2012.

Directors’ interests in the Company’s share plans are shown separately on pages 65, 66 and 67. No director had any other interests, 
beneficial or otherwise, in the share capital of the Company or any of its subsidiaries as at 31 December 2012. 

Changes in the interests of the executive directors and non-executive directors between 31 December 2012 and 13 February 2013  
are listed below. 

Dame Helen Alexander
Lewis Booth CBE
Peter Byrom
Iain Conn
James Guyette
John McAdam
Mark Morris
John Neill CBE
John Rishton
Sir Simon Robertson
Colin Smith CBE

Ordinary shares
189
–
1,897
724
9,693
51
–
528
890
355
2,380

C Shares
97,128
950,000
–
–
–
–
2,953,208
2,231,512
–
–
–

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Partnership shares held in trust under the SIP 1 

Colin Smith CBE 2
Mike Terrett CBE 

Free shares held in trust under the SIP 1

Colin Smith CBE

Unrestricted shares held under the SIP 1

Colin Smith CBE 2
Mike Terrett CBE

1 January
2012
1,610
1,609

Ordinary shares
Changes in
2012
(125)
(124)

31 December
2012
1,485
1,485

1 January
2012
3,179

Ordinary shares
Changes in
2012
(249)

31 December
2012
2,930

1 January
2012
5,018
4,545

Ordinary shares
Changes in
2012
(4,946)
303

31 December
2012
72
4,848

1 January
2012
–
–

1 January
2012
–

1 January
2012
–
–

C Shares

Changes in
2012
224,965
224,965

C Shares

Changes in
2012
487,427

C Shares

Changes in
2012
40,423
40,354

31 December
2012
224,965
224,965

31 December
2012
487,427

31 December
2012
40,423
40,354

1    Under the SIP, free shares and partnership shares held in trust for more than five years are classified as unrestricted and are no longer subject to income tax or national insurance 

contributions on withdrawal. Unrestricted shares can be held in Trust under the SIP for as long as the participant remains an employee of the Group. 

2    On 15 January 2013 and 8 February 2013, 25 and 31 ordinary shares respectively, which were held as partnership shares, were classified as unrestricted shares.

Share options (audited)
The directors held the following options under the Rolls-Royce ShareSave plan.

Mark Morris
Mark Morris
John Rishton

1 January
2012
872
541
1,450

Granted
in 2012
–
–
–

Lapsed
in 2012
–
–
–

Exercised
in 2012
–
–
–

31 December
2012
872
541
1,450

Exercise
price
387p
525p
525p

Market price
at date
exercised
–
–
–

Aggregate
gains 2012
£000
–
–
–

Aggregate
gains 2011
£000
–
–
–

Exercisable
dates
2013
2015
2017

The market price of the Company’s ordinary shares ranged between 733.00 pence and 913.50 pence during 2012. The closing price on  
31 December 2012 was 873.50 pence.

Long-term incentive awards (audited)
The directors as at 31 December 2012 had the following share awards arising out of the operation of APRA1:

G
o
v
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n
a
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c
e

James Guyette
Mark Morris
John Rishton
Colin Smith CBE
Mike Terrett CBE 
Total value of shares vested

1 January
2012

51,867
10,794
–
44,677
59,682

Dividend
enhancement
during 2012

Vested
during 2012

Granted
during 2012

31 December
2012

Value of shares
vested in 2012
£000

826
145
–
631
789

(17,098)
(3,058)
–
(13,111)
(16,344)

28,161
6,145
44,400
26,985
30,601

63,756
14,026
44,400
59,182
74,728

140
25
–
107
133
405

1    Under APRA, shares vest after two years. Shares went into trust in 2010, 2011 and 2012 at prices of 537.20 pence, 601.00 pence and 808.80 pence respectively. At 31 December 2012, the 

amounts stated in the emoluments table representing the 2012 APRA deferred shares had not yet been applied by the Trustee to purchase shares. An investment is expected to be 
made by 31 March 2013 when the Trustee will acquire the required number of shares at the prevailing market price. The market value per share which vested under APRA during 2012 
was 816 pence.

Conditional awards, granted under the PSP to executive directors are shown on page 66. The number of shares released will be dependent 
upon the achievement of the EPS and CPS targets over the three-year performance period. If the Company’s TSR is above the median of 
the FTSE 100 index, the number of shares due to be released to an executive will be increased by between 25 per cent and 50 per cent.  
This increase is on a straight-line basis between the median and upper-quartile TSR performance in the performance period.

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PSP (audited)

 1 January
2012

Granted during
 2012

TSR uplift at 
vesting 1

Total vested
during 2012

31 December 
2012

Value of shares
 vested in 2012
£000

James Guyette

207,845

Mark Morris

91,383

82,404

–
381,632

44,506

26,085

25,039

–
95,630

–

–

–

103,923

(311,768)

–

2,551

–

–

–

–

91,383

82,404

–

–

64,385
64,385

–
103,923

–
(311,768)

64,385
238,172

–
2,551

11,127

(55,633)

–

455

–

–

–

–

59,899
59,899

–
11,127

–
(55,633)

26,085

25,039

59,899
111,023

164,866

133,383
298,249

–

–

–
455

–

–
–

John Rishton

164,866

–

–
164,866

133,383
133,383

–

–
–

–

–
–

Colin Smith CBE

148,319

78,025

74,813

–
301,157

Mike Terrett CBE 

191,998

93,630

91,438

–
377,066

Total value of  
shares vested

–

–

–

74,160

(222,479)

–

1,820

–

–

–

–

78,025

74,813

–

–

62,987
62,987

–
74,160

–
(222,479)

62,987
215,825

–
1,820

95,999

(287,997)

–

2,357

—

–

—

—

93,630

91,438

70,397
70,397

–
95,999

—
(287,997)

70,397
255,465

–

–

–
2,357

7,183

–

–

–

–

–

–

Performance
 period
1 Jan 2009 to
31 Dec 2011
1 Jan 2010 to
31 Dec 2012
1 Jan 2011 to
31 Dec 2013
1 Jan 2012 to
31 Dec 2014

1 Jan 2009 to
31 Dec 2011
1 Jan 2010 to
31 Dec 2012
1 Jan 2011 to
31 Dec 2013
1 Jan 2012 to
31 Dec 2014

1 Jan 2011 to
31 Dec 2013
1 Jan 2012 to
31 Dec 2014

1 Jan 2009 to
31 Dec 2011
1 Jan 2010 to
31 Dec 2012
1 Jan 2011 to
31 Dec 2013
1 Jan 2012 to
31 Dec 2014

1 Jan 2009 to
31 Dec 2011
1 Jan 2010 to
31 Dec 2012
1 Jan 2011 to
31 Dec 2013
1 Jan 2012 to
31 Dec 2014

Date of grant
10 Mar 
2009
1 Mar 
2010
9 Mar 
2011
1 Mar
2012

10 Mar 
2009
1 Mar 
2010
9 Mar 
2011
1 Mar
2012

9 Mar 
2011
1 Mar
2012

10 Mar 
2009
1 Mar 
2010
9 Mar 
2011
1 Mar
2012

10 Mar 
2009
1 Mar 
2010
9 Mar 
2011
1 Mar
2012

Market price at
 date of grant

260.42p

544.70p

601.50p

809.70p

260.42p

544.70p

601.50p

809.70p

601.50p

809.70p

260.42p

544.70p

601.50p

809.70p

260.42p

544.70p

601.50p

809.70p

1   Under the rules of the PSP, the number of shares vesting in 2012 was increased by between 25 per cent and 50 per cent as the TSR exceeded the median of the FTSE 100 index during the 

three-year performance period to 31 December 2012. The market value per share, which vested under the PSP during 2012, was 818.25 pence.

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Directors’ remuneration report

Grant of shares (audited)
John Rishton received a special grant of shares on joining the Company intended to mirror the fair value and vesting profile of the 
incentives he forfeited on resigning from his previous employer as detailed below:

Performance related
Restricted shares

Performance related
Restricted shares

Performance related

Performance related

1 January
2012

49,099
126,019

76,365
76,143

63,397

40,565
431,588

TSR uplift

24,550
–

–
–

–

Total vested
during 2012

31 December
2012

(73,649)
(126,019)

–
–

–

–
–

76,365
76,143

63,397

–
24,550

–
(199,668)

40,565
256,470

Performance
period
1 Jan 2009 to
31 Dec 2011
n/a
1 Jan 2010 to
31 Dec 2012
n/a
1 Jan 2011 to
31 Dec 2013
1 Jan 2012 to
31 Dec 2014

Value of shares
vested in 2012 1

Vesting date

£000

Market price
at date
of grant

1 Mar 2012
1 Mar 2012

1 Mar 2013
1 Mar 2013

1 Mar 2014

1 Mar 2015

609
1,043

–
–

–

–
1,652

601.50p
601.50p

601.50p
601.50p

601.50p

601.50p

1   The market value per share for the performance related and restricted shares that vested was 827.50 pence.

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Non-executive directors’ remuneration policy
The committee determines, on the Board’s behalf, the remuneration 
package of the Chairman. The Board determines the remuneration 
of the other non-executive directors.

The Chairman and the non-executive directors have letters of 
appointment rather than service contracts. No compensation is 
payable to the Chairman or to any non-executive director if the 
appointment is terminated early.

Dame Helen Alexander 
Lewis Booth CBE
Peter Byrom
Sir Frank Chapman
Iain Conn
Dr John McAdam
John Neill CBE
Sir Simon Robertson
Jasmin Staiblin
Ian Strachan

Appointment
date

Current letter of 
appointment
 start date

Current letter of
 appointment 
end date
1 Sep 2007 23 May 2011 31 Aug 2013
25 May 2011 25 May 2011 25 May 2014
31 Dec 2013
1 Jan 2013
1 Jan 1997
9 Nov 2014
10 Nov 2011
10 Nov 2011
19 Jan 2014
20 Jan 2005 23 May 2011
18 Feb 2014
19 Feb 2008 23 May 2011
12 Nov 2014
13 Nov 2011
13 Nov 2008
31 Dec 2013
1 Jan 2005 23 May 2011
21 May 2012 21 May 2012 21 May 2015
18 Sep 2013
19 Sep 2012
19 Sep 2003

Non-executive directors’ fees
The Board takes account of independent market surveys in 
determining the fees payable to the Chairman and the non-
executive directors. 

The Chairman and the non-executive directors are not eligible to 
participate in any of the Group’s share schemes, incentive 
arrangements or pension schemes. A facility is in place which 
enables non-executive directors to use some or all of their fees, after 
the appropriate statutory deductions, to make market purchases of 
shares in the Company on a monthly basis.

Statutory requirements
The remuneration report has been prepared on behalf of the Board 
by the remuneration committee.

The committee adopts the principles of good governance as set out 
in the Code and complies with the Listing Rules of the Financial 
Services Authority and the relevant schedules of the Companies Act 
2006 and the Directors’ Report Regulations in Schedule 8 of the 
Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and 
Reports) Regulations 2008.

The report is divided into audited and unaudited information.  
The Companies Act 2006 and the Listing Rules require the 
Company’s auditor to report on the audited information in their 
report on page 129 and to state that this section has been properly 
prepared in accordance with these regulations. The report is subject 
to shareholder approval at the AGM on 2 May 2013.

The directors’ remuneration report was approved by the Board on 
13 February 2013 and signed on its behalf.

The fees payable to the non-executive directors are reviewed 
annually by the Board and are shown below:

Dame Helen Alexander 
Chairman of the remuneration committee

Chairman
Other non-executive directors
Chairman of audit committee
Chairman of ethics committee
Chairman of remuneration committee
Chairman of safety committee
Senior Independent Director

 £000
370
60
20
15
15
15
12

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Shareholders and share capital

Share capital and voting rights
On 31 December 2012, there were 1,872,303,563 ordinary shares of 
20 pence each, 10,417,658,475 C Shares of 0.1 pence each and one 
Special Share of £1 in issue. The ordinary shares are listed on the 
London Stock Exchange.

Payments to shareholders 
At the AGM on 2 May 2013, the directors will recommend an issue  
of 119 C Shares with a total nominal value of 11.6 pence for each 
ordinary share. The C Shares will be issued on 1 July 2013. Together 
with the interim issue on 2 January 2013 of 76 C Shares for each 
ordinary share with a total nominal value of 7.6 pence, this is the 
equivalent of a total annual payment to ordinary shareholders of 
19.5 pence for each ordinary share.

The payment to shareholders will, as before, be made in the form of 
redeemable C Shares which shareholders may either choose to 
retain or redeem for a cash equivalent. The Registrar, on behalf of 
the Company, operates a C Share Reinvestment Plan (CRIP) and can, 
on behalf of shareholders, purchase ordinary shares from the market 
rather than delivering a cash payment. Shareholders wishing to 
redeem their C Shares or else redeem and participate in the CRIP 
must ensure that their instructions are lodged with the Registrar no 
later than 5pm on 3 June 2013.

Share class rights
The rights and obligations attaching to the different classes of 
shares are summarised below. The full rights are set out in the 
Company’s Articles of Association, the latest copy of which can be 
found on the Group’s website at www.rolls-royce.com.

Ordinary shares
Holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive the Company’s 
annual report. They are also entitled: to attend and speak at general 
meetings of the Company; to appoint one or more proxies or, if they 
are corporations, corporate representatives; and to exercise voting 
rights. They have the right to ask questions at the AGM relating to 
the business of the meeting and for these to be answered, unless 
such answer would interfere unduly with the business of the 
meeting, involve the disclosure of confidential information, if the 
answer has already been published on the Group’s website or if it is 
not in the interests of the Group or the good order of the meeting 
that the question be answered. Holders of ordinary shares may 
receive a bonus issue of C Shares or a dividend and on liquidation 
may share in the assets of the Company.

C Shares
The Company issues non-cumulative redeemable preference shares 
(C Shares) as an alternative to paying a cash dividend.

Shareholders can choose to: 

•	 redeem all C Shares for cash;
•	 redeem all C Shares for cash and reinvest the proceeds in 
additional ordinary shares using the CRIP operated by the 
Registrar; or

•	 keep the C Shares.

Any C Shares retained have limited voting rights and attract a 
dividend of 75 per cent of LIBOR on the 0.1p nominal value of each 
share, paid on a twice-yearly basis. The Company has the option to 
redeem the C Shares compulsorily, at any time, if the aggregate 
number of C Shares in issue is less than ten per cent of the 
aggregate number of all C Shares issued, or on the acquisition or 
capital restructuring of the Company.

 On a return of capital on a winding-up, the holders of C Shares shall 
be entitled, in priority to any payment to the holders of ordinary 
shares, to the repayment of the nominal capital paid-up or credited 
as paid-up on the C Shares held by them, together with a sum equal 
to the outstanding preferential dividend which will have been 
accrued but not been paid until the date of return of capital.

  The holders of C Shares are entitled to attend, speak and vote at a 
general meeting only if a resolution to wind up the Company is to 
be considered, in which case they may vote only on such resolution.

Special Share
Certain rights attach to the special rights non-voting share (Special 
Share) issued to HM Government (Special Shareholder). Subject to 
the provisions of the Companies Act 2006, the Treasury Solicitor may 
redeem the Special Share at par at any time. The Special Share 
confers no rights to dividends but in the event of a winding-up it 
shall be repaid at its nominal value in priority to any other shares.

Certain Articles (in particular those relating to the foreign 
shareholding limit, disposals and the nationality of directors) that 
relate to the rights attached to the Special Share may only be altered 
with the consent of the Special Shareholder. The Special Shareholder 
is not entitled to vote at any general meeting or any other meeting 
of any class of shareholders.

Restrictions on transfer of shares and limitations on holdings
There are no restrictions on transfer or limitations on the holding  
of the ordinary shares or C Shares other than under the Articles of 
Association (as described here), under restrictions imposed by law 
or regulation (for example, insider trading laws) or pursuant to the 
Company’s share dealing code. The Articles of Association provide 
that the Company should be and remain under United Kingdom 
control. As such, an individual foreign shareholding limit is set at 
15 per cent of the aggregate votes attaching to the share capital of 
all classes (taken as a whole) and capable of being cast on a poll and 
to all other shares that the directors determine are to be included in 
the calculation of such holding. The Special Share may only be 
issued to, held by and transferred to the Special Shareholder or his 
successor or nominee.

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Shareholders and share capital

Shareholder agreements and consent requirements
There are no known arrangements under which financial rights 
carried by any of the shares in the Company are held by a person 
other than the holder of the shares and no known agreements 
between the holders of shares with restrictions on the transfer of 
shares or exercise of voting rights. No disposal may be made to a 
non-Group member which, alone or when aggregated with the 
same or a connected transaction, constitutes a disposal of the 
whole or a material part of either the nuclear business or the assets 
of the Group as a whole, without consent of the Special Shareholder.

Authority to issue shares
At the AGM in 2012, authority was given to the directors to allot 
new ordinary shares up to a nominal value of £124,816,246, 
equivalent to one-third of the issued share capital of the Company. 
This is called the first section 551 amount. In addition, a special 
resolution was passed to effect a disapplication of pre-emption 
rights for a maximum of five per cent of the issued share capital of 
the Company. These authorities are valid until the AGM in 2013, and 
the directors propose to renew these authorities at that AGM. It is 
proposed to seek a further authority, at the AGM in 2013 to allot up 
to two thirds of the total issued share capital, but only in the case of 
a rights issue. This is called the second section 551 amount.  
The Board believes that this additional authority will allow the 
Company to retain the maximum possible flexibility to respond 
to circumstances and opportunities as they arise; and to allot new  
C Shares up to a nominal value of £500 million as an alternative to 
a cash dividend. Such authority expires at the conclusion of the 
AGM in 2013. The directors propose to renew the authority to allot 
new C Shares at the AGM in 2013.

Authority to purchase own shares
Also at the AGM in 2012, the Company was authorised by 
shareholders to purchase up to 187,224,369 of its own ordinary 
shares representing ten per cent of its issued ordinary share capital. 
The Company did not make use of this authority during 2012. The 
authority for the Company to purchase its own shares expires at the 
conclusion of the AGM in 2013 or 18 months from 2 May 2012, 
whichever is the earlier. A resolution to renew it will be proposed at 
that meeting.

Voting rights
Deadlines for exercising voting rights
Electronic and paper proxy appointments, and voting instructions, 
must be received by the Company’s Registrar not less than 48 hours 
before a general meeting.

Voting rights for employee share plan shares
Shares are held in various employee benefit trusts for the purpose 
of satisfying awards made under the various employee share plans. 
For shares held in a nominee capacity or if plan/trust rules provide 
the participant with the right to vote in respect of specifically 
allocated shares, the trustee votes in line with the participants’ 
instructions. For shares that are not held absolutely on behalf of 
specific individuals, the general policy of the trustees, in accordance 
with investor protection guidelines, is to abstain from voting in 
respect of those shares.

Major shareholdings 
At 8 February 2013, the following companies had notified an 
interest in the issued ordinary share capital of the Company in 
accordance with the Financial Services Authority’s Disclosure and 
Transparency Rules:

Company
AXA S.A.
BlackRock Inc.
Invesco Limited
Legal & General Group plc

Date notified
11 January 2010
3 September 2010
4 February 2008
14 October 2009

% of issued
ordinary share
capital
4.90
5.02
6.91
3.96

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Other statutory information

Political donations
In line with its established policy, the Group made no political 
donations pursuant to the authority granted at the 2012 AGM. 
Although the Company does not make, and does not intend to make, 
donations to political parties, within the normal meaning of that 
expression, the definition of political donations under the 
Companies Act 2006 is very broad and includes expenses 
legitimately incurred as part of the process of talking to members  
of parliament and opinion formers to ensure that the issues and 
concerns of the Group are considered and addressed. These 
activities are not intended to support any political party and the 
Group’s policy is not to make any donations for political purposes  
in the normally accepted sense.

A resolution will therefore be proposed at the 2013 AGM seeking 
shareholder approval for the directors to be given authority to make 
donations and incur expenditure which might otherwise be caught 
by the terms of the Companies Act 2006. The authority sought will 
be limited to a maximum amount of £25,000 per Group company 
but so as not to exceed £50,000 for the entire Group in aggregate.

During the year, the business expenses incurred by Rolls-Royce 
North America Inc. towards the operation of the Rolls-Royce  
North America Political Action Committee (RRNAPAC) in the US  
was US$44,161 (2011: US$44,436). PACs are a common feature  
of the US political system and are governed by the Federal Election 
Campaign Act.

The PAC is independent of the Group and independent of 
any political party. The PAC funds are contributed voluntarily  
by employees and the Company cannot affect how they are  
applied, although under US Law, the business expenses are  
paid by the Company.

The Group has entered into a series of financial instruments  
to hedge its currency, interest rate and commodity exposures.  
These contracts provide for termination or alteration in the event 
that a change of control of the Company materially weakens the 
creditworthiness of the Group.

Employee share plans
In the event of a change of control of the Company, the effect on the 
employee share plans would be as follows:

•	 PSP – awards would vest pro rata to service in the performance 

period, subject to remuneration committee judgement of Group 
performance;

•	 APRA deferred shares – the shares would be released from trust 

immediately;

•	 ShareSave – options would become exercisable immediately.  

The new company might offer an equivalent option in exchange 
for cancellation of the existing option; and

•	 Share Incentive Plan (SIP) – consideration received as shares 

would be held within the SIP, if possible, otherwise the 
consideration would be treated as a disposal from the SIP.

Essential commercial relationships
Supply chain
Certain suppliers to the Group contribute key components or 
services, the loss of which could cause disruption to the Group’s 
deliveries. However, none are so vital that their loss would affect the 
viability of the business as a whole. When dealing with suppliers, 
the Group is guided by the Supply Chain Relationships in Aerospace 
(SCRIA) initiative. It seeks the best possible terms from suppliers and 
when entering into binding purchasing contracts, gives 
consideration to quality, delivery, price and the terms of payment.  
In the event of disputes, efforts are made to resolve them quickly. 

Such contributions do not require authorisation by shareholders 
under the Companies Act 2006 and therefore do not count  
towards the £25,000 and £50,000 limits for political donations  
and expenditure for which shareholder approval will be sought  
at the AGM.

Customers
The increasingly global nature of the business, balanced across  
the Civil aerospace, Defence aerospace, Marine and Energy 
segments, ensures that the Group is not overly dependent on  
any individual customer.

Change of control
Contracts and joint venture agreements
There are a number of contracts and joint venture agreements 
which would allow the counterparties to terminate or alter those 
arrangements in the event of a change of control of the Company. 
These arrangements are commercially confidential and their 
disclosure could be seriously prejudicial to the Company.

Borrowings and other financial instruments
The Group has a number of borrowing facilities provided by various 
banks. These facilities generally include provisions which may 
require any outstanding borrowings to be repaid or the alteration  
or termination of the facility upon the occurrence of a change of 
control of the Company. At 31 December 2012 these facilities were 
less than 30 per cent drawn (2011 20 per cent).

Creditor days
As the Company is a holding company and does not itself trade,  
it owed no amounts to trade creditors at 31 December 2012  
and therefore the number of creditor days required to be shown  
in this report to comply with the provisions of the Companies  
Act 2006 is nil.

Internal control and risk management
The Board’s responsibility for internal control and  
risk management
The directors are responsible for the Group’s system of internal 
control and for maintaining and reviewing its effectiveness from 
both a financial and an operational perspective. The system of 
internal control is designed to manage, rather than eliminate, the 
risk of failure to achieve business objectives and to provide 
reasonable but not absolute assurance against material 
misstatement or loss.

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Other statutory information

The Group’s approach to internal control is based on the underlying 
principle of line management’s accountability for control and risk 
management. In reviewing the effectiveness of the system of 
internal control, the Board has taken account of the results of the 
work carried out to audit and review the activities of the Group.

The risk management process is a key element of the Group’s 
internal control system and there is an ongoing process to identify, 
assess and manage risk, including those risks affecting the Group’s 
reputation. This process is subject to continuous improvement and 
has been in place throughout the financial year to which these 
statements apply and up to the date of their approval. The 
businesses regularly review the effectiveness and consistency of risk 
management via their assurance framework and the application of 
the risk management process is subject to review by internal audit. 

Responsibility for internal control procedures in joint ventures 
where we do not have a control agreement lies with the managers 
of those operations. We seek to exert influence over such ventures 
by board representation and regularly review the activities of  
these ventures. 

The Board has established a risk committee. Every six months the 
risk committee reviews the key operational risks that the businesses 
and functions report in accordance with our enterprise-wide risk 
management policy. The risk committee also determines material 
external and strategic risks that exist at Group level. The principal 
risks are reported annually to the Board and are included on pages 
18 and 19. In addition, reports and presentations are made to the 
Board on certain types of specialist risks eg treasury, insurable risks, 
pensions, health and safety as the risks evolve.

Following the closure of the 2012 financial year, the audit 
committee reported to the Board the results of a review of the risk 
management process at all levels of the organisation prepared by 
internal audit. The Board confirms that ongoing processes and 
systems ensure that the Group continues to be compliant with the 
‘Turnbull guidance’ as contained in ‘Internal Control: Guidance for 
Directors on the Combined Code’.

Financial reporting
The Group has a comprehensive budgeting system with an  
annual budget approved by the Board. Revised forecasts for the  
year are reported at least quarterly. Actual results, at both a 
business and Group level, are reported monthly against budget  
and variances reviewed.

Financial managers are required to acknowledge in writing that 
their routine financial reporting is based on reliable data and that 
results are properly stated in accordance with Group requirements.

In addition, for annual reporting, business presidents and finance 
directors are required to acknowledge that their business has 
complied with the Group’s Finance Manual.

Annual report and financial statements
Statement of directors’ responsibilities in respect of the annual 
report and the financial statements
The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and 
the Group and parent company financial statements in accordance 
with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare Group and parent 
company financial statements for each financial year. Under that 
law they are required to prepare the Group financial statements in 
accordance with IFRS as adopted by the EU and applicable law and 
have elected to prepare the parent company financial statements in 
accordance with UK Accounting Standards and applicable law (UK 
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Under company law the directors must not approve the financial 
statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair 
view of the state of affairs of the Group and parent company and  
of their profit or loss for that period.

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In preparing each of the Group and parent company financial 
statements, the directors are required to:

•	

 select suitable accounting policies and then apply  
them consistently; 

•	 make judgements and estimates that are reasonable  

and prudent; 

•	 for the Group financial statements, state whether they have been 

prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU; 
•	 for the parent company financial statements, state whether 

applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject 
to any material departures disclosed and explained in the parent 
company financial statements; and

•	 prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis 
unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group and the 
parent company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting 
records that are sufficient to show and explain the parent and 
Group’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any 
time the financial position of the parent company and enable them 
to ensure that its financial statements comply with the Companies 
Act 2006. They have general responsibility for taking such steps as 
are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the Group 
and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.

Under applicable law and regulations, the directors are also 
responsible for preparing a directors’ report, directors’ 
remuneration report and corporate governance statement that 
complies with that law and those regulations.

The directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity  
of the corporate and financial information included on the Group’s 
website. Legislation in the UK governing the preparation and 
dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation  
in other jurisdictions.

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Other statutory information

Going concern
The Group’s business activities, together with the factors likely to 
affect its future development, performance and position are set out 
on pages 1 to 38 of the business review and a summary of the 
principal risks affecting the business are shown on pages 18 to 19.

The financial position of the Group, its cash flows, liquidity position, 
borrowing facilities and financial risks are described on pages 12 to 
15 and pages 37 to 38 of the business review.

In addition, notes 1, 13, 15 and 17 of the consolidated financial 
statements include the Group’s objectives, policies and processes  
for financial risk management, details of its cash and cash 
equivalents, indebtedness and borrowing facilities and its financial 
instruments, hedging activities and its exposure to counterparty 
credit risk, liquidity risk, currency risk, interest rate risk and 
commodity pricing risk.

As described on page 37, the Group meets its funding requirements 
through a mixture of shareholders’ funds, bank borrowings, bonds, 
notes and finance leases. The Group has facilities of £2.3 billion  
of which £1.3 billion was drawn at the year end. US$230 million of 
these facilities mature in 2013.

The Group’s forecasts and projections, taking into account 
reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that 
the Group has sufficient financial resources. In the event that the 
put option on Engine Holding GmbH is exercised, (estimated cost 
£1.6 billion), the directors consider that the Group would be able 
to raise additional resources in the necessary timeframe to meet 
this commitment. As a consequence, the directors have reasonable 
expectation that the Company and the Group are well placed  
to manage their business risks and to continue in operational 
existence for the foreseeable future, despite the current 
uncertain global economic outlook.

Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis 
(in accordance with the guidance ‘Going Concern and Liquidity Risk: 
Guidance for Directors of UK Companies 2009’ issued by the FRC) in 
preparing the consolidated financial statements.

Disclosure of information to auditors
Each of the persons who is a director at the date of approval of this 
report confirms that:

i)   so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant information of 

which the Company’s auditor is unaware; and

ii)  the director has taken all steps that he or she ought to have taken 
as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any 
relevant audit information and to establish that the Company’s 
auditor is aware of that information.

This confirmation is given, and should be interpreted, in accordance 
with the provisions of Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006.

Responsibility statements
Each of the persons who is a director at the date of approval of this 
report confirms that to the best of his or her knowledge:

i)   each of the Group and parent company financial statements, 

prepared in accordance with IFRS and UK Accounting Standards 
respectively, gives a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, 
financial position and profit or loss of the issuer and the 
undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and

ii)  the directors’ report on pages 1 to 72 includes a fair review of the 
development and performance of the business and the position 
of the Company and the undertakings included in the 
consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the 
principal risks and uncertainties that they face.

By order of the Board

Nigel Goldsworthy
Company Secretary

13 February 2013

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Financial statements

Financial statements

Consolidated financial statements

74   CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
74   CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
75   CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
76   CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
78   CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

Investments
Inventories

  NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
  1    Accounting policies
  2    Segmental analysis
  3    Net financing
  4    Taxation
  5    Earnings per ordinary share
  6    Employee information
  7    Auditors’ remuneration
  8   
Intangible assets
  9    Property, plant and equipment
  10  
  11  
  12   Trade and other receivables
  13   Cash and cash equivalents

79  
79  
86  
90  
90  
93  
93  
94  
95  
97  
98  
99  
99  
99  
100    14   Assets held for sale
100    15   Borrowings
101    16   Trade and other payables
102    17   Financial instruments
110    18   Provisions for liabilities and charges
110    19   Post-retirement benefits
115    20   Share capital
115    21   Share-based payments
118    22   Operating leases
118    23   Contingent liabilities
119    24   Related party transactions
120    25   Acquisitions and disposals
122    26  

 Events after the reporting period –  
Consolidation of Tognum AG

Company financial statements

123  COMPANY BALANCE SHEET
123  RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN SHAREHOLDERS’ FUNDS

Investments – subsidiary undertakings

124    NOTES TO THE COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
124    1    Accounting policies
124    2   
124    3    Financial liabilities
125    4    Share capital
125    5    Movements in capital and reserves
125    6    Other information

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Financial statements

Consolidated income statement
For the year ended 31 December 2012

Revenue 
Cost of sales 
Gross profit 
Other operating income 
Commercial and administrative costs 
Research and development costs 
Share of results of joint ventures and associates 
Operating profit 
Profit on disposal of businesses 
Profit before financing and taxation 

Financing income 
Financing costs 
Net financing 

Profit before taxation 1 
Taxation 
Profit for the year 

Attributable to: 
Ordinary shareholders 
Non-controlling interests (NCI)
Profit for the year 

Earnings per ordinary share attributable to ordinary shareholders: 
Basic 
Diluted 
Payments to ordinary shareholders in respect of the year: 
Per share 
Total 

Excluding IAE
 restructuring 
£m
12,161 
(9,416)
2,745 
33 
(989)
(589)
173 
1,373 
– 
1,373 

2012

IAE 
restructuring 
£m
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
699 
699 

1,112 
(479)
633 

2,006 
(447)
1,559 

1,545 
14 
1,559 

– 
– 
– 

699 
37 
736 

736 
– 
736 

83.47p 

39.76p 

Notes

2

10 

25

2

3 

3 

4 

5 

17 

Total
£m
12,161 
(9,416)
2,745 
33 
(989)
(589)
173 
1,373 
699 
2,072 

1,112 
(479)
633 

2,705 
(410)
2,295 

2,281 
14 
2,295 

123.23p 
121.59p 

19.5p 
365 

2011

£m
11,124 
(8,676)
2,448 
69 
(984)
(463)
116 
1,186 
3 
1,189 

456 
(540)
(84)

1,105 
(257)
848 

850 
(2)
848 

45.95p 
45.33p 

17.5p 
328 

1 Underlying profit before taxation 

2 

1,429 

–

1,429 

1,157 

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 
For the year ended 31 December 2012 

Profit for the year 
Other comprehensive income (OCI)

Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss 

  Movements in post-retirement schemes 
  Share of other comprehensive income of joint ventures and associates 
  Related tax movements 

Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss 

  Foreign exchange translation differences on foreign operations 
  Share of other comprehensive income of joint ventures and associates 
  Related tax movements 

Total comprehensive income for the year 

Attributable to: 
Ordinary shareholders 
Non-controlling interests 
Total comprehensive income for the year 

Notes 

19 

10 

4

10 

4 

2012 
£m 
2,295 

(259)
(46)
91 
(214)

(118)
(12)
(1)
(131)
1,950 

1,937 
13 
1,950 

2011 
£m 
848 

123 
(3)
(53)
67 

(102)
(7)
(1)
(110)
805 

808 
(3)
805

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Financial statements

Consolidated balance sheet 
At 31 December 2012

ASSETS 
Non-current assets 
Intangible assets 
Property, plant and equipment 
Investments – joint ventures and associates 
Investments – other 
Other financial assets 
Deferred tax assets 
Post-retirement scheme surpluses 

Current assets 
Inventories 
Trade and other receivables 
Taxation recoverable 
Other financial assets 
Short-term investments 
Cash and cash equivalents 
Assets held for sale 

Total assets 

LIABILITIES 
Current liabilities 
Borrowings 
Other financial liabilities 
Trade and other payables 
Current tax liabilities 
Provisions for liabilities and charges 
Liabilities associated with assets held for sale 

Non-current liabilities 
Borrowings 
Other financial liabilities 
Trade and other payables 
Deferred tax liabilities 
Provisions for liabilities and charges 
Post-retirement scheme deficits 

Total liabilities 

Net assets 

EQUITY 
Equity attributable to ordinary shareholders 
Called-up share capital 
Share premium account 
Capital redemption reserve 
Cash flow hedging reserve 
Other reserves 
Retained earnings 

Non-controlling interests 
Total equity 

Notes 

2012 
£m 

2011 
£m 

8 

9 

10 

10 

17 

4 

19 

11 

12 

17 

13 

14 

15 

17 

16 

18 

14 

15 

17 

16 

4 

18 

19 

20 

2,901 
2,564 
1,800 
6 
592 
330 
329 
8,522 

2,726 
4,119 
33 
115 
11 
2,585 
4 
9,593 
18,115 

(149)
(312)
(6,387)
(126)
(220)
– 
(7,194)

(1,234)
(418)
(1,465)
(584)
(241)
(874)
(4,816)
(12,010)

2,882 
2,338 
1,680 
10 
327 
368 
503 
8,108 

2,561 
4,009 
20 
91 
11 
1,310 
313 
8,315 
16,423 

(20)
(111)
(6,236)
(138)
(276)
(135)
(6,916)

(1,184)
(919)
(1,314)
(445)
(226)
(900)
(4,988)
(11,904)

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6,105 

4,519 

374 
– 
169 
(63)
314 
5,294 
6,088 
17 
6,105 

374 
– 
173 
(52)
433 
3,590 
4,518 
1 
4,519 

The financial statements on pages 74 to 122 were approved by the Board on 13 February 2013 and signed on its behalf by:

Sir Simon Robertson Chairman  

Mark Morris Chief Financial Officer

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Financial statements

Consolidated cash flow statement
For the year ended 31 December 2012 

Reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities 
Operating profit 
Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment 
Share of results of joint ventures and associates 
Dividends received from joint ventures and associates 
Amortisation and impairment of intangible assets 
Depreciation and impairment of property, plant and equipment 
Impairment of investments 
Decrease in provisions 
Increase in inventories 
Increase in trade and other receivables 
Increase in trade and other payables 
Movement in other financial assets and liabilities 
Net defined benefit post-retirement cost/(credit) recognised in profit before financing 
Cash funding of defined benefit post-retirement schemes 
Share-based payments 
Net cash inflow from operating activities before taxation 
Taxation paid 
Net cash inflow from operating activities 

Cash flows from investing activities 
Disposals of unlisted investments 
Additions of intangible assets 
Disposals of intangible assets 
Purchases of property, plant and equipment 
Government grants received 
Disposals of property, plant and equipment 
Acquisitions of businesses (net of cash acquired)
Proceeds from restructuring of IAE 
Disposals of businesses 
Investments in joint ventures and associates 
Cash flows from loan to Engine Holding GmbH 
Transfer of subsidiary to associate 
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from investing activities 

Cash flows from financing activities 
Repayment of loans 
Proceeds from increase in loans 
Net cash flow from increase/(decrease) in borrowings 
Interest received 
Interest paid 
Decrease in short-term investments 
Issue of ordinary shares (net of expenses) 
Purchase of ordinary shares 
Redemption of C Shares 
Net cash outflow from financing activities 

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 
Exchange losses on cash and cash equivalents 
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 

Notes 

10 

10 

10 

21 

25

25

2012 
£m 

1,373 
(9)
(173)
129 
231 
256 
2 
(40)
(158)
(284)
267 
(29)
151 
(297)
55 
1,474 
(219)
1,255 

4 
(250)
1 
(435)
10 
30 
(20)
942 
– 
(24)
167 
(1)
424 

(78)
200 
122 
11 
(52)
– 
– 
(94)
(318)
(331)

1,348
1,291 
(54)
2,585

2011 
£m 

1,186 
(8)
(116)
76 
169 
241 
– 
(28)
(140)
(62)
416 
68 
(43)
(304)
59 
1,514 
(208)
1,306 

1 
(363)
6 
(412)
38 
31 
(19)
– 
7 
(1,329)
(167)
– 
(2,207)

(567)
– 
(567)
19 
(50)
316 
(1)
(57)
(315)
(655)

(1,556)
2,851 
(4)
1,291 

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Financial statements

Consolidated cash flow statement

Reconciliation of movements in cash and cash equivalents to movements in net funds 
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 
Cash flow from (increase)/decrease in borrowings 
Cash flow from decrease in short-term investments 
Change in net funds resulting from cash flows 
Net funds (excluding cash and cash equivalents) of businesses acquired 
Exchange losses on net funds 
Fair value adjustments 
Movement in net funds 
Net funds at 1 January excluding the fair value of swaps 
Net funds at 31 December excluding the fair value of swaps 
Fair value of swaps hedging fixed rate borrowings 
Net funds at 31 December 

2012 
£m 

1,348
(122)
– 
1,226 
(78)
(54)
2
1,096
117 
1,213
104
1,317

2011 
£m 

(1,556)
567 
(316)
(1,305)
– 
(5)
92 
(1,218)
1,335 
117 
106 
223 

The movement in net funds (defined by the Group as including the items shown below) is as follows: 

Cash at bank and in hand
Money market funds
Short-term deposits
Overdrafts
Cash and cash equivalents 
Short-term investments
Other current borrowings
Non-current borrowings
Finance leases
Net funds excluding fair value of swaps
Fair value of swaps hedging fixed rate 
borrowings 
Net funds

At
1 January
2012
£m
1,285 
11 
14 
(19)
1,291 
11 
(1)
(1,183)
(1)
117 

106 
223 

Funds
flow 
£m
(578)
397 
1,510 
19 
1,348 
– 
78 
(200)
– 
1,226 

1,226 

Net funds
of businesses
acquired
£m

– 
(78)
– 
– 
(78)

(78)

Exchange
 differences 
£m
(33)
– 
(21)
– 
(54)
– 
– 
– 
– 
(54)

(54)

Fair value
 adjustments 
£m
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
2 
– 
2 

Reclassifications 
£m
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(148)
148 
– 
– 

At
31 December 
2012 
£m
674 
408 
1,503 
– 
2,585 
11 
(149)
(1,233)
(1)
1,213 

(2)
– 

– 

104 
1,317 

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Financial statements

Consolidated statement of changes in equity 
For the year ended 31 December 2012

At 1 January 2011
Profit for the year
Foreign exchange translation differences  
on foreign operations
Movement on post-retirement schemes
Share of OCI of joint ventures and associates 
Related tax movements
Total comprehensive income for the year
Arising on issues of ordinary shares
Issue of C Shares 
Redemption of C Shares 
Ordinary shares purchased 
Share-based payments – direct to equity 4 
Effect of scheme of arrangement 5 
Effect of capital reduction 5 
Related tax movements 
Other changes in equity in the year 
At 1 January 2012
Profit for the year
Foreign exchange translation differences on 
foreign operations
Movement on post-retirement schemes
Share of OCI of joint ventures and associates 5
Related tax movements
Total comprehensive income for the year
Issue of C Shares 
Redemption of C Shares 
Ordinary shares purchased 
Share-based payments – direct to equity 4
Transactions with NCI 6 
Initial recognition of put option on NCI 6 
Related tax movements 
Other changes in equity in the year 
At 31 December 2012

Attributable to ordinary shareholders

Notes

Share 
capital
£m
374 
– 

Share
 premium 
£m
133 
– 

Capital
redemption
 reserve 
£m
209 
– 

19

10

4

20

17

17

4

19

10

4

17

17

4

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
2,434 
(2,434)
– 
– 
374 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
374 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
1 
(120)
– 
– 
– 
(14)
– 
– 
(133)
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
317 
– 
– 
(353)
– 
– 
(36)
173 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(328)
324 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(4)
169 

Cash flow
 hedging
 reserve 1 

Other 
reserves 2 

Retained
 earnings 3 

£m
(37)
– 

– 
– 
(15)
– 
(15)
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(52)
– 

– 
– 
(11)
– 
(11)
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(63)

£m
527 
– 

(101)
– 
8 
(1)
(94)
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
433 
– 

(117)
– 
(1)
(1)
(119)
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
314 

£m
2,769 
850 

– 
123 
(3)
(53)
917 
– 
(176)
(317)
(57)
77 
(2,069)
2,434 
12 
(96)
3,590 
2,281 

– 
(259)
(46)
91 
2,067 
4 
(324)
(94)
47 
116 
(121)
9 
(363)
5,294 

Non-
controlling 
interests 
£m
4 
(2)

(1)
– 
– 
– 
(3)
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
1 
14 

(1)
– 
– 
– 
13 
– 
– 
– 
– 
48 
(45)
– 
3 
17 

Total 
£m
3,975 
850 

(101)
123 
(10)
(54)
808 
1 
(296)
– 
(57)
77 
(2)
– 
12 
(265)
4,518 
2,281 

(117)
(259)
(58)
90 
1,937 
(324)
– 
(94)
47 
116 
(121)
9 
(367)
6,088 

Total
equity 
£m
3,979 
848 

(102)
123 
(10)
(54)
805 
1 
(296)
– 
(57)
77 
(2)
– 
12 
(265)
4,519 
2,295 

(118)
(259)
(58)
90 
1,950 
(324)
– 
(94)
47 
164 
(166)
9 
(364)
6,105 

1   See accounting policies note 1.
2   Other reserves include a merger reserve of £3m (2011 £3m, 2010 £3m) and a translation reserve of £311m (2011 £430m, 2010 £524m).
3   At 31 December 2012, 20,365,787 ordinary shares with a net book value of £125m (2011 22,541,187, 2010 28,320,962 ordinary shares with net book values of £116m and £125m 

respectively) were held for the purpose of share-based payment plans and included in retained earnings. During the year, 13,533,646 ordinary shares with a net book value of £85m 
(2011 14,822,563 shares with a net book value of £66m) vested in share-based payment plans. During the year, the Group acquired 11,485,790 of its ordinary shares through purchases 
on the London Stock Exchange. 

4   Share-based payments – direct to equity is the net of the credit to equity in respect of the share-based payment charge to the income statement and the actual cost of shares vesting, 

excluding those vesting from own shares.

5   On 23 May 2011, under a scheme of arrangement between Rolls-Royce Group plc, the former holding company of the Group, and its shareholders under Part 26 of the Companies Act 
2006, and as sanctioned by the High Court, all the issued ordinary shares in that company were cancelled and the same number of new ordinary shares were issued to Rolls-Royce 
Holdings plc in consideration for the allotment to shareholders of one ordinary share in Rolls-Royce Holdings plc for each ordinary share in Rolls-Royce Group plc held on the record date 
(20 May 2011). Pursuant to the scheme of arrangement, 1,872,188,709 ordinary shares of 150 pence were issued. As required by Section 612 of the Companies Act 2006, no share 
premium was recognised.
 On 24 May 2011, the share capital of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc was reduced by reducing the nominal value of the ordinary shares from 150 pence to 20 pence as sanctioned by the  
High Court.

6   On 2 January 2012, the Group transferred its interest in Bergen Engines AS (Bergen) to Engine Holding GmbH, its joint vehicle with Daimler AG. As it retained rights to control Bergen, 
the transaction has been treated as a disposal of 50 per cent of Bergen to a non-controlling interest for €200m. Daimler AG has a put option to sell its interest in Bergen (see note 17).

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

1  Accounting policies
The Company
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (the ‘Company’) is a company domiciled in the United Kingdom. The consolidated financial statements of the 
Company for the year ended 31 December 2012 comprise the Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the ‘Group’) and  
the Group’s interest in jointly controlled and associated entities. The financial statements were authorised for issue by the directors on  
13 February 2013.

Basis of preparation and statement of compliance
In accordance with European Union (EU) regulations, these financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International 
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), as adopted for use in the EU effective  
at 31 December 2012 (Adopted IFRS). The Company has elected to prepare its parent company accounts under UK Generally Accepted 
Accounting Practices (GAAP).

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except where Adopted IFRS requires the revaluation of financial 
instruments to fair value and certain other assets and liabilities on an alternative basis – most significantly post-retirement scheme 
liabilities are valued on the basis required by IAS 19 Employee Benefits – and on a going concern basis as described on page 72.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with Adopted IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting judgements and 
estimates, which are set out below.

The Group’s significant accounting policies are set out on the following pages. These accounting policies have been applied consistently to 
all periods presented in these consolidated financial statements and by all Group entities.

Key areas of judgement
The directors consider the potential key areas of judgements required to be made in applying the Group’s accounting policies to be:

•	 A large proportion of the Group’s activities relate to long-term aftermarket contracts. The determination of appropriate accounting 
policies for recognising revenue and costs in respect of these contracts requires judgement, in particular (i) whether an aftermarket 
contract is linked, for accounting purposes, to the related sale of original equipment and (ii) the appropriate measure of stage of 
completion of the contract.

•	 As set out in note 8, the Group has significant intangible assets. The decision as to when to commence capitalisation of development 

•	

costs and whether sales of original equipment give rise to recognisable recoverable engine costs is a key judgement.
 As noted in the risk and revenue sharing partnerships accounting policy on page 81, the Group enters into arrangements with partners 
who make non-refundable payments, which the directors consider represent a reimbursement to the Group for its past expenditure, 
including that in establishing the market to which the partners gain access, on the basis that the Group has satisfied the relevant 
performance obligations and the payments are not linked to the future supply arrangements between the partners and the Group. 
Under the arrangements, the partners share the programme costs and receive a share in future programme revenues or profits.

•	 As set out in note 23, the Group has contingent liabilities in respect of financing support provided to customers. Judgement is required 

to assess the likelihood of these crystallising, in order to assess whether a provision should be recognised. 

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In applying the accounting policies, management has made appropriate estimates in many areas, and the actual outcome may differ from 
those calculated. The key sources of estimation uncertainty at the balance sheet date, that have a significant risk of causing material 
adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are set out below. The estimation of the relevant 
assets and liabilities involves the combination of a number of assumptions. Where appropriate and practicable, sensitivities are disclosed 
in the relevant notes.

Current economic environment
The current economic environment could impact a number of estimates necessary to prepare the financial statements, in particular, the 
recoverable amount of assets and contingent liabilities. The Group has taken these factors into account in assessing the estimates set 
out overleaf. 

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

1  Accounting policies (continued)
Forecasts and discount rates
The carrying values of a number of items on the balance sheet are dependent on the estimates of future cash flows arising from the 
Group’s operations, in particular:

•	 The assessment as to whether there are any indications of impairment of development, participation, certification and recoverable 

engine costs recognised as intangible assets is dependent on forecasts of cash flows generated by the relevant assets (carrying values 
at 31 December 2012 £1,388m, 31 December 2011 £1,442m).

•	 The financial liabilities arising from financial risk and revenue sharing partnerships are valued at each reporting date using  

the amortised cost method (carrying values at 31 December 2012 £193m, 31 December 2011 £230m). This involves calculating the 
present value of the forecast cash flows of the arrangement using the internal rate of return at the inception of the arrangement as  
the discount rate.

•	 The realisation of the deferred tax assets (carrying values at 31 December 2012 £330m, 31 December 2011 £368m) recognised is 

dependent on the generation of sufficient future taxable profits. The Group recognises deferred tax assets where it is more likely than 
not that the benefit will be realised.

Assessment of long-term contractual arrangements
The Group has long-term contracts that fall into different accounting periods. In assessing the allocation of revenues and costs to 
individual accounting periods, and the consequential assets and liabilities, the Group estimates the total revenues and costs forecast  
to arise in respect of the contract and the stage of completion based on an appropriate measure of performance as described in the 
revenue recognition accounting policy below.

Post-retirement benefits
The Group’s defined benefit pension schemes and similar arrangements are assessed annually in accordance with IAS 19. The accounting 
valuation, which was based on assumptions determined with independent actuarial advice, resulted in a net deficit of £545m before 
deferred taxation being recognised on the balance sheet at 31 December 2012 (31 December 2011 £397m). The size of the net deficit is 
sensitive to the market value of the assets held by the schemes and to actuarial assumptions, which include price inflation, pension and 
salary increases, the discount rate used in assessing actuarial liabilities, mortality and other demographic assumptions and the levels of 
contributions. Further details are included in note 19.

Provisions
As described in the accounting policy on page 84, the Group measures provisions (carrying value at 31 December 2012 £461m,  
31 December 2011 £502m) at the directors’ best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the obligation at the balance sheet date.  
These estimates take account of information available and different possible outcomes.

Taxation
The tax payable on profits is determined based on tax laws and regulations that apply in each of the numerous jurisdictions in which the 
Group operates. Where the precise impact of these laws and regulations is unclear then reasonable estimates may be used to determine 
the tax charge included in the financial statements.

Basis of consolidation
The Group financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and all of its subsidiary undertakings together with the 
Group’s share of the results of joint ventures and associates made up to 31 December.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the Company. Control exists when the Company has the power, directly or indirectly, to govern the 
financial and operating policies of the entity so as to derive benefits from its activities. The Group has an indirect interest of 50 per cent in 
Bergen Engines AS. Under the terms of the shareholders’ agreement with Daimler AG, the Group controls this company. 

A joint venture is an entity in which the Group holds a long-term interest and which is jointly controlled by the Group and one or more other 
venturers under a contractual arrangement. An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the Group 
holds a long-term interest and where the Group has a significant influence. The results of joint ventures and associates are accounted for 
using the equity method of accounting.

Any subsidiary undertakings, joint ventures or associates sold or acquired during the year are included up to, or from, the dates of change of 
control. Transactions with non-controlling interests are recorded directly in equity. 

Where the Group has issued a put option over shares held by a non-controlling interest, the Group recognises a liability for the estimated 
exercise value of that option. Movements in the estimated liability after initial recognition are recognised in the income statement. 

All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation. Adjustments are made to eliminate the profit 
or loss arising on transactions with joint ventures and associates to the extent of the Group’s interest in the entity.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

1  Accounting policies (continued)
Significant accounting policies
Revenue recognition
Revenues comprise sales to outside customers after discounts, excluding value added tax.

Sales of products are recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods are transferred to the customer, the 
sales price agreed and the receipt of payment can be assured. On occasion, the Group may participate in the financing of engines in 
conjunction with airframe manufacturers, most commonly by the provision of guarantees as described in note 23. In such circumstances, 
the contingent obligations arising under these arrangements are taken into account in assessing whether significant risks and rewards of 
ownership have been transferred to the customer.

Sales of services are recognised by reference to the stage of completion based on services performed to date. The assessment of the stage of 
completion is dependent on the nature of the contract, but will generally be based on: costs incurred to the extent these relate to services 
performed up to the reporting date; achievement of contractual milestones where appropriate; or flying hours or equivalent for long-term 
aftermarket arrangements.

Linked sales of products and services are treated as a single contract where these components have been negotiated as a single commercial 
package and are so closely interrelated that they do not operate independently of each other and are considered to form a single project 
with an overall profit margin. Revenue is recognised on the same basis as for other sales of products and services as described above.

Provided that the outcome of construction contracts can be assessed with reasonable certainty, the revenues and costs on such contracts 
are recognised based on stage of completion and the overall contract profitability.

Full provision is made for any estimated losses to completion of contracts, having regard to the overall substance of the arrangements.

Progress payments received, when greater than recorded revenue, are deducted from the value of work in progress except to the extent 
that payments on account exceed the value of work in progress on any contract where the excess is included in trade and other payables. 
The amount by which recorded revenue of long-term contracts is in excess of payments on account is classified as amounts recoverable on 
contracts and is separately disclosed within trade and other receivables.

Risk and revenue sharing partnerships (RRSPs)
From time to time, the Group enters into arrangements with partners who make cash payments that are not refundable. Cash sums 
received, which reimburse the Group for past expenditure, including that in establishing the market to which the partners gain access,  
are credited to other operating income. The arrangements also require partners to undertake development work and/or supply 
components for use in the programme at their own expense. No accounting entries are recorded where partners undertake such 
development work or where programme components are supplied by partners because no obligation arises unless and until programme 
sales are made. Instead, partners receive a share of the programme revenues or profits, which are charged to cost of sales as programme 
revenues arise.

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The Group has arrangements with partners who do not undertake development work or supply parts. Such arrangements are  
considered to be financial instruments as defined by IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation and are accounted for using the  
amortised cost method.

Government investment
Where a government or similar body has previously invested in a development programme, the Group treats payments to that body as 
royalty payments, which are matched to related sales.

Government grants
Government grants are recognised in the income statement so as to match them with the related expenses that they are intended to 
compensate. Where grants are received in advance of the related expenses, they are included in the balance sheet as deferred income. 
Non-monetary grants are recognised at fair value.

Interest
Interest receivable/payable is credited/charged to the income statement using the effective interest method. Where borrowing costs are 
attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset, such costs are capitalised as part of the specific asset.

Taxation
The tax charge/credit on the profit or loss for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Current tax is the expected tax payable for the year, 
using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years.

Deferred tax is provided using the balance sheet liability method, providing for temporary differences between the carrying amounts of 
the assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

1  Accounting policies (continued)
Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for taxable temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries and joint ventures, except 
where the Group is able to control the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse 
in the foreseeable future. Deferred tax is not recognised on taxable temporary differences arising on the initial recognition of goodwill or 
for temporary differences arising from the initial recognition of assets and liabilities in a transaction that is not a business combination 
and that affects neither accounting nor taxable profit.

Deferred tax is calculated using the enacted or substantively enacted rates that are expected to apply when the asset or liability is settled. 
Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement or statement of comprehensive income as appropriate, except when it relates 
to items credited or charged directly to equity in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity.

Deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profits will be available against which the assets 
can be utilised.

Foreign currency translation
Transactions in overseas currencies are translated into local currency at the exchange rates ruling on the date of the transaction. Monetary 
assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into local currency at the rate ruling at the year end. Exchange 
differences arising on foreign exchange transactions and the retranslation of assets and liabilities into sterling at the rate ruling at the 
year-end are taken into account in determining profit before taxation.

The trading results of overseas undertakings are translated at the average exchange rates for the year. The assets and liabilities of overseas 
undertakings, including goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on acquisition, are translated at the exchange rates ruling at the year 
end. Exchange adjustments arising from the retranslation of the opening net investments, and from the translation of the profits or losses 
at average rates, are taken to equity.

Financial instruments
IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement requires the classification of financial instruments into separate categories for 
which the accounting requirement is different. The Group has classified its financial instruments as follows:

•	 Short-term investments are generally classified as available for sale.
•	 Short-term deposits (principally comprising funds held with banks and other financial institutions), trade receivables and short-term 

investments not designated as available for sale are classified as loans and receivables.
•	 Borrowings, trade payables, financial RRSPs and C Shares are classified as other liabilities.
•	 Derivatives, comprising foreign exchange contracts, interest rate swaps and commodity swaps are classified as held for trading.

Financial instruments are recognised at the contract date and initially measured at fair value. Their subsequent measurement depends on 
their classification:

•	

•	

•	

 Available for sale assets are held at fair value. Changes in fair value arising from changes in exchange rates are included in the income 
statement. All other changes in fair value are taken to equity. On disposal, the accumulated changes in value recorded in equity are 
included in the gain or loss recorded in the income statement.
 Loans and receivables and other liabilities are held at amortised cost and not revalued (except for changes in exchange rates which are 
included in the income statement) unless they are included in a fair value hedge accounting relationship. Where such a relationship 
exists, the instruments are revalued in respect of the risk being hedged, with the change in value included in the income statement.
 Held for trading instruments are held at fair value. Changes in fair value are included in the income statement unless the instrument  
is included in a cash flow hedge. If the instruments are included in a cash flow hedging relationship, which is effective, changes  
in value are taken to equity. When the hedged forecast transaction occurs, amounts previously recorded in equity are recognised in  
the income statement.

Financial instruments are derecognised on expiry or when all contractual rights and obligations are transferred.

Hedge accounting
The Group does not generally apply hedge accounting in respect of forward foreign exchange contracts held to manage the cash flow 
exposures of forecast transactions denominated in foreign currencies. In 2011, the Group applied cash flow hedge accounting in respect of 
foreign exchange contracts entered into to hedge the cost of its investment in Engine Holding GmbH.

The Group does not apply hedge accounting in respect of commodity swaps held to manage the cash flow exposures of forecast 
transactions in those commodities.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

1  Accounting policies (continued)
The Group applies hedge accounting in respect of transactions entered into to manage the fair value and cash flow exposures of its 
borrowings. Forward foreign exchange contracts are held to manage the fair value exposures of borrowings denominated in foreign 
currencies and are designated as fair value hedges. Interest rate swaps are held to manage the interest rate exposures and are designated 
as fair value or cash flow hedges of fixed and floating rate borrowings respectively.

Changes in the fair values of derivatives designated as fair value hedges and changes in fair value of the related hedged item are recognised 
directly in the income statement.

Changes in the fair values of derivatives that are designated as cash flow hedges and are effective are recognised directly in equity. Any 
ineffectiveness in the hedging relationships is included in the income statement. The amounts deferred in equity are recognised in the 
income statement to match the recognition of the hedged item or, in the case of the cash flow hedges of the investment in Engine Holding 
GmbH, included in the initial carrying value of the joint venture.

Hedge accounting is discontinued when the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated, exercised, or no longer qualifies for hedge 
accounting. At that time, for cash flow hedges and if the forecast transaction remains probable, any cumulative gain or loss on the hedging 
instrument recognised in equity is retained in equity until the forecast transaction occurs. If a hedged transaction is no longer expected to 
occur, the net cumulative gain or loss previously recognised in equity is transferred to the income statement.

The portion of a gain or loss on an instrument used to hedge a net investment in a foreign operation that is determined to be an effective 
hedge is recognised directly in equity. The ineffective portion is recognised immediately in the income statement.

Purchased goodwill
Goodwill recognised represents the excess of the fair value of the purchase consideration over the fair value to the Group of the net of  
the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. On transition to IFRS on 1 January 2004, goodwill was recognised based the 
carrying value under the previous accounting policies. Goodwill in respect of the acquisition of a subsidiary is recognised as an intangible 
asset. Goodwill arising on the acquisition of joint ventures and associates is included in the carrying value of the investment.

Certification costs and participation fees
Costs incurred in respect of meeting regulatory certification requirements for new civil aero-engine/aircraft combinations and payments 
made to airframe manufacturers for this, and participation fees, are carried forward in intangible assets to the extent that they can be 
recovered out of future sales and are charged to the income statement over the programme life, up to a maximum of 15 years from the 
entry into service of the product.

Research and development
In accordance with IAS 38 Intangible Assets, expenditure incurred on research and development, excluding known recoverable amounts  
on contracts, and contributions to shared engineering programmes, is distinguished as relating either to a research phase or to a 
development phase.

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All research phase expenditure is charged to the income statement. For development expenditure, this is capitalised as an  
internally generated intangible asset only if it meets strict criteria, relating in particular to technical feasibility and generation of  
future economic benefits.

Expenditure that cannot be classified into these two categories is treated as being incurred in the research phase. The Group considers that, 
due to the complex nature of new equipment programmes, it is not possible to distinguish reliably between research and development 
activities until relatively late in the programme.

Expenditure capitalised is amortised over its useful economic life, up to a maximum of 15 years from the entry into service of the product.

Recoverable engine costs
On occasion, the Group may sell original equipment to customers at a price below its cost, on the basis that this deficit will be  
recovered from future aftermarket sales to the original customer. Where the Group has a contractual right to supply aftermarket parts  
to the customer and its intellectual rights, warranty arrangements and, where relevant, statutory airworthiness requirements provide 
reasonable control over this supply, these arrangements are considered to meet the definition of an intangible asset. Such intangible  
assets are recognised to the extent of the deficit and amortised on a straight-line basis over the expected period of utilisation by the 
original customer.

Software
The cost of acquiring software that is not specific to an item of property, plant and equipment is classified as an intangible asset and 
amortised over its useful economic life, up to a maximum of five years.

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Financial statements

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

1  Accounting policies (continued)
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and any provision for impairment in value.

Depreciation is provided on a straight-line basis to write off the cost, less the estimated residual value, of property, plant and equipment 
over their estimated useful lives. No depreciation is provided on assets in the course of construction. Estimated useful lives are as follows:

i) 

land and buildings, as advised by the Group’s professional advisors:
a) freehold buildings – five to 45 years (average 24 years)

  b) leasehold buildings – lower of advisor’s estimates or period of lease

c)  no depreciation is provided on freehold land

ii)  plant and equipment – five to 25 years (average 13 years)
iii) aircraft and engines – five to 20 years (average 16 years).

Operating leases
Payments made and rentals received under operating lease arrangements are charged/credited to the income statement on a straight-
line basis.

Impairment of non-current assets
Impairment of non-current assets is considered in accordance with IAS 36 Impairment of Assets. Where the asset does not generate cash 
flows that are independent of other assets, impairment is considered for the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Goodwill and intangible assets not yet available for use are tested for impairment annually. Other intangible assets, property, plant and 
equipment and investments are assessed for any indications of impairment annually. If any indication of impairment is identified, an 
impairment test is performed to estimate the recoverable amount.

Recoverable amount is the higher of value in use or fair value less costs to sell, if this is readily available. The value in use is the present value 
of future cash flows using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects the time value of money and the risk specific to the asset.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be below the carrying value, the carrying value is reduced to 
the recoverable amount and the impairment loss recognised as an expense.

Inventories
Inventories and work in progress are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value on a first-in, first-out basis. Cost comprises direct 
materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads, including depreciation of property, plant and equipment, that 
have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. Net realisable value represents the estimated selling 
prices less all estimated costs of completion and costs to be incurred in marketing, selling and distribution.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash at bank and in hand, investments in money-market funds and short-term deposits with a maturity 
of three months or less on inception. The Group considers overdrafts (repayable on demand) to be an integral part of its cash management 
activities and these are included in cash and cash equivalents for the purposes of the cash flow statement.

Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present obligation as a result of a past event, and it is probable that the Group will be 
required to settle that obligation. Provisions are measured at the directors’ best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the 
obligation at the balance sheet date, and are discounted to present value where the effect is material.

Post-retirement benefits
Pensions and similar benefits (principally healthcare) are accounted for under IAS 19 Employee Benefits. 

For defined benefit plans, obligations are measured at discounted present value whilst plan assets are recorded at fair value. Surpluses in 
schemes are recognised as assets only if they represent economic benefits available to the Group in the future. A liability is recognised to 
the extent that the minimum funding requirements in respect of past service will give rise to an unrecognisable surplus. Movements in 
unrecognised surpluses and minimum funding liabilities are included in the statement of comprehensive income.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

1  Accounting policies (continued)
The service and financing costs of such plans are recognised separately in the income statement:

•	 current service costs are spread systematically over the lives of employees;
•	 past service costs are recognised immediately to the extent the benefits are already vested, or otherwise recognised on a straight-line 

basis over the average period until the benefits become vested; and 

•	 financing costs are recognised in the periods in which they arise. 

Actuarial gains and losses are recognised immediately in the statement of comprehensive income.

Payments to defined contribution schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

Share-based payments
The Group provides share-based payment arrangements to certain employees. These are principally equity-settled arrangements and are 
measured at fair value (excluding the effect of non-market based vesting conditions) at the date of grant. The fair value is expensed on a 
straight-line basis over the vesting period. The amount recognised as an expense is adjusted to reflect the actual number of shares or 
options that will vest, except where additional shares vest as a result of the Total Shareholder Return (TSR) performance condition in the 
Performance Share Plan (PSP).

Cash-settled share options (grants in the International ShareSave plan) are measured at fair value at the balance sheet date. The Group 
recognises a liability at the balance sheet date based on these fair values, taking into account the estimated number of options that will 
actually vest and the relative completion of the vesting period. Changes in the value of this liability are recognised in the income statement 
for the year. 

The fair values of the share-based payment arrangements are measured as follows:

i)  ShareSave plans – using the binomial pricing model;
ii)   PSP – using a pricing model adjusted to reflect non-entitlement to dividends (or equivalent) and the TSR market-based performance 

condition; and

iii)  Annual Performance Related Award plan deferred shares – share price on the date of the award.

The cost of shares of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc held by the Group for the purpose of fulfilling obligations in respect of employee share plans is 
deducted from equity in the consolidated balance sheet. See note 21 for a further description of the share-based payment plans.

Contingent liabilities
In connection with the sale of its products, the Group will, on occasion, provide financing support for its customers. These arrangements 
fall into two categories: credit-based guarantees and asset-value guarantees. In accordance with the requirements of IAS 39 and IFRS 4 
Insurance Contracts, credit-based guarantees are treated as insurance contracts. The Group considers asset-value guarantees to be non-
financial liabilities and accordingly these are also treated as insurance contracts. Provision is made as described on page 118.

The Group’s contingent liabilities relating to financing arrangements are spread over many years and relate to a number of customers and 
a broad product portfolio, and are reported on a discounted basis.

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Revisions to Adopted IFRS in 2012
The Group has adopted revisions to IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements that require items of other comprehensive income to be 
classified depending on whether they may be potentially reclassified to the income statement. There is no net impact.

There were no other revisions to Adopted IFRS that became applicable in 2012 which had a significant impact on the Group’s  
financial statements.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

1  Accounting policies (continued)
Revisions to IFRS not applicable in 2012
Standards and interpretations issued by the IASB are only applicable if endorsed by the EU. The following will or may be applicable in the 
future:

•	 Amendments to IAS 19 Employee Benefits: the principal change is that the financing on post-retirement benefits is calculated on the  
net surplus or deficit using an ‘AA’ corporate bond rate. This will be effective for 2013. If it had been effective in 2012, it would have 
increased the current service cost of defined benefit post-retirement schemes by £9 million, the past service cost by £5 million and 
reduced the net post-retirement scheme financing cost by £55 million. The net deficit at 31 December 2012 would have reduced by  
£100 million.

•	 IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements: the principal potential effect is certain entities currently classified as joint ventures may be classified as joint 
operations. This would result in the Group’s share of the individual assets and liabilities of these entities being included in the financial 
statements rather than the equity method accounting adopted under the requirements of IAS 31. This would not affect the Group’s net 
assets or profit after tax for the period. This will be effective for 2013. The Group has reviewed its joint ventures and has concluded that 
none of its material joint ventures fall to be classified as joint operations under the requirements of IFRS 11.

•	 IFRS 9 Financial Instruments will simplify the classification of financial assets for measurement purposes, but is not anticipated to have a 

significant impact on the financial statements. If endorsed, this will be effective for 2015.

The Group does not consider that any other standards, amendments or interpretations issued by the IASB, but not yet applicable, will have a 
significant impact on the financial statements.

 2  Segmental analysis 
The analysis by business segment is presented in accordance with IFRS 8 Operating Segments, on the basis of those segments whose 
operating results are regularly reviewed by the Board (the Chief Operating Decision Maker as defined by IFRS 8), as follows:

– development, manufacture, marketing and sales of commercial aero engines and aftermarket services.

Civil aerospace 
Defence aerospace – development, manufacture, marketing and sales of military aero engines and aftermarket services.
Marine
Energy

– development, manufacture, marketing and sales of marine-power propulsion systems and aftermarket services.
–  development, manufacture, marketing and sales of power systems for the offshore oil and gas industry and 

Engine Holding

–  development, manufacture, marketing and sales of diesel engines, aftermarket services and the equity accounted 

electrical power generation and aftermarket services.

share of Tognum AG.

Technology and Operations discussed in the business review operate on a Group-wide basis across all the above segments. Following the 
transfer of Bergen Engines AS to Engine Holding on 2 January 2012, the comparative figures for 2011 have been restated to put them on a 
consistent basis.

The operating results reviewed by the Board are prepared on an underlying basis, which the Board consider reflects better the economic 
substance of the Group’s trading during the year. The principles adopted to determine underlying results are:

Underlying revenues – Where revenues are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the Group undertaking, these 
reflect the achieved exchange rates arising on settled derivative contracts.

Underlying profit before financing – Where transactions are denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the Group 
undertaking, this reflects the transactions at the achieved exchange rates on settled derivative contracts. In addition, adjustments have 
been made to exclude one-off past-service credits on post-retirement schemes and the effect of acquisition accounting.

Underlying profit before taxation – In addition to those adjustments in underlying profit before financing:

•	

•	

 Includes amounts realised from settled derivative contracts and revaluation of relevant assets and liabilities to exchange rates forecast 
to be achieved from future settlement of derivative contracts.
 Excludes unrealised amounts arising from revaluations required by IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, changes 
in value of financial RRSP contracts arising from changes in forecast payments, changes in the value of put options on NCI and the net 
impact of financing costs related to post-retirement scheme benefits.

This analysis also includes a reconciliation of the underlying results to those reported in the consolidated income statement.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

2  Segmental analysis (continued)

Year ended 31 December 2012
Underlying revenue from sale of original equipment
Underlying revenue from aftermarket services
Total underlying revenue
Underlying operating profit excluding share of results of joint 
ventures and associates
Share of results of joint ventures and associates
Underlying profit before financing and taxation

Segment assets
Investments in joint ventures and associates
Segment liabilities
Net assets
Investment in intangible assets, property, plant and equipment  
and joint ventures and associates
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment

Year ended 31 December 2011 
Underlying revenue from sale of original equipment
Underlying revenue from aftermarket services
Total underlying revenue
Underlying operating profit excluding share of results of joint 
ventures and associates
Share of results of joint ventures and associates
Profit on disposal of businesses
Underlying profit before financing and taxation

Segment assets
Investments in joint ventures and associates
Segment liabilities
Net assets
Investment in intangible assets, property, plant and equipment and 
joint ventures and associates
Depreciation and amortisation

Civil 
aerospace
£m
2,934 
3,503 
6,437 

Defence 
aerospace
£m
1,231 
1,186 
2,417 

597 
130 
727 

8,683 
440 
(5,598)
3,525 

581 
322 

2,232 
3,340 
5,572 

384 
115 
– 
499 

8,218 
403 
(5,982)
2,639 

620 
267 

391 
13 
404 

1,434 
(22)
(1,797)
(385)

126 
46 

1,102 
1,133 
2,235 

367 
9 
– 
376 

1,333 
(22)
(1,831)
(520)

70 
48 

Marine
£m
1,288 
961 
2,249 

295 
(1)
294 

2,059 
4 
(1,467)
596 

101 
55 

1,322 
949 
2,271 

282 
2 
3 
287 

2,023 
8 
(1,440)
591 

75 
56 

Engine
 Holding
£m
118 
169 
287 

32 
77 
109 

150 
1,328 
(282)
1,196 

11 
4 

185 
146 
331 

44 
36 
– 
80 

405 
1,249 
(164)
1,490 

1,318 
1 

Intra-
segment 
£m
(22)
(121)
(143)

Total
 reportable
 segments
£m
5,893 
6,316 
12,209 

(11)
– 
(11)

(682)
– 
671 
(11)

– 
– 

(110)
(105)
(215)

– 
– 
– 
– 

(746)
– 
746 
– 

1,313 
231 
1,544 

12,923 
1,800 
(9,043)
5,680 

913 
469 

5,258 
6,019 
11,277 

1,083 
172 
3 
1,258 

12,425 
1,680 
(9,217)
4,888 

– 
– 

2,166 
410 

Energy
£m
344 
618 
962 

9 
12 
21 

1,279 
50 
(570)
759 

94 
42 

527 
556 
1,083 

6 
10 
– 
16 

1,192 
42 
(546)
688 

83 
38 

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

2  Segmental analysis (continued)

Reconciliation to reported results

Year ended 31 December 2012
Revenue from sale of original equipment 
Revenue from aftermarket services 
Total revenue
Operating profit excluding share of results of joint ventures and associates

Share of results of joint ventures and associates
Profit on disposal of businesses
Profit before financing and taxation
Net financing
Profit before taxation
Taxation
Profit for the year

Year ended 31 December 2011 
Revenue from sale of original equipment
Revenue from aftermarket services
Total revenue
Operating profit excluding share of results of joint ventures and associates
Share of results of joint ventures and associates
Profit on disposal of businesses
Profit before financing and taxation
Net financing
Profit before taxation
Taxation
Profit for the year

Total
 reportable
 segments
£m
5,893 
6,316 
12,209 
1,313 

231 
– 
1,544 

Underlying
central
items
£m
– 
– 
– 
(54) 1
– 
– 
(54)
(61)
(115)
(318)
(433)

5,258 
6,019 
11,277 
1,083 
172 
3 
1,258 

– 
– 
– 
(52) 1
– 
– 
(52)
(49)
(101)
(261)
(362)

Total 
underlying 
£m
5,893 
6,316 
12,209 
1,259 

Underlying
 adjustments 
£m
41 
(89)
(48)
(59)

231 
– 
1,490 
(61)
1,429 
(318)
1,111 

5,258 
6,019 
11,277 
1,031 
172 
3 
1,206 
(49)
1,157 
(261)
896 

(58)
699 
582 
694 
1,276 
(92)
1,184 

(19)
(134)
(153)
39 
(56)
– 
(17)
(35)
(52)
4 
(48)

Group 
£m
5,934 
6,227 
12,161 
1,200 

173 
699 
2,072 
633 
2,705 
(410)
2,295

5,239 
5,885 
11,124 
1,070 
116 
3 
1,189 
(84)
1,105 
(257)
848 

1  Central corporate costs

Underlying adjustments 

Underlying performance 
Revenue recognised at exchange rate on date of 
transaction 
Realised (gains)/losses on settled derivative contracts 1 
Net unrealised fair value changes to derivative contracts 2 
Effect of currency on contract accounting 
Put option on NCI and financial RRSPs – foreign exchange 
differences and other unrealised changes in value 
Effect of acquisition accounting 3 
Post-retirement scheme past-service credits 4, 5 
Net post-retirement scheme financing 
Related tax effect 
IAE restructuring 
Total underlying adjustments 
Reported per consolidated income statement 

2012

2011

Revenue
£m
12,209 

Profit before
financing
£m
1,490 

Net
financing
£m
(61)

Taxation
£m
(318)

Revenue 
£m
11,277

Profit before
financing
£m
1,206 

Net
financing 
£m
(49)

Taxation
£m
(261)

(48)
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(48)
12,161 

– 
(25)
– 
(23)

– 
(69)
– 
– 
– 
699 
582 
2,072 

–
–
747 
–

11
–
–
(64)
–
–
694
633

– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
(129)
37 
(92)
(410)

(153)
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
(153)
11,124

– 
(116)
(5)
4 

– 
(64)
164 
– 
– 
– 
(17)
1,189 

– 
24 
(49)
– 

2 
– 
– 
(12)
– 
– 
(35)
(84)

– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
4 
–
4 
(257)

1  Realised (gains)/losses on settled derivative contracts include adjustments to reflect the (gains)/losses in the same period as the related trading cash flows.
2   Unrealised fair value changes to derivative contracts: (i) include those included in equity accounted joint ventures; and (ii) exclude those for which the related trading contracts have 

been cancelled when the fair value changes are recognised immediately in underlying profit. 

3  The adjustment eliminates charges recognised as a result of recognising assets in acquired businesses at fair value.
4    In 2010, the UK Government announced changes to the basis of the statutory indexation for pension increases. As a result, the relevant arrangements have been amended, resulting in 

a gain in the income statement of £130m in 2011, which was excluded from underlying profit.

5   In 2011, the Group agreed revised post-retirement healthcare arrangements on certain of its overseas schemes. This resulted in a net gain in the income statement of £34m which was 

excluded from underlying profit. 

The reconciliation of underlying earnings per ordinary share is shown in note 5.

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2  Segmental analysis (continued)

Reportable segment assets
Investments in joint ventures and associates
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments
Fair value of swaps hedging fixed rate borrowings
Income tax assets
Post-retirement scheme surpluses
Total assets
Reportable segment liabilities
Borrowings
Income tax liabilities
Post-retirement scheme deficits
Total liabilities
Net assets

Geographical segments
The Group’s revenue by destination is shown below:

United Kingdom 
Norway 
Germany 
Spain 
Italy 
France 
Russia 
Rest of Europe 
USA 
Canada 
China 
South Korea 
Middle East and South East Asia 
Rest of Asia 
Africa 
Australasia 
Other 

2012 
£m 
12,923 
1,800 
2,596 
104 
363 
329 
18,115 
(9,043)
(1,383)
(710)
(874)
(12,010)
6,105 

2012 
£m 
1,641 
446 
319 
177 
151 
182 
165 
676 
3,999 
351 
1,117 
194 
1,729 
306 
123 
240 
345 
12,161 

2011 
£m 
12,425 
1,680 
1,321 
106 
388 
503 
16,423 
(9,217)
(1,204)
(583)
(900)
(11,904)
4,519 

2011 
£m 
1,361 
374 
409 
189 
183 
143 
143 
547 
3,578 
301 
934 
210 
1,778 
290 
261 
228 
195 
11,124 

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customer.

The carrying amounts of the Group’s non-current assets, excluding financial instruments, deferred tax assets and post-employment 
benefit surpluses, by the geographical area in which the assets are located, are as follows:

United Kingdom 
North America 
Nordic countries 
Germany 
Other 

2012 
£m 
3,139 
723 
883 
2,023 
497 
7,265 

2011 
£m 
2,980 
670 
902 
1,907 
441 
6,900 

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3   Net financing

Financing income
Interest receivable
Fair value gains on foreign currency contracts 2
Put option on NCI and financial RRSPs – foreign exchange differences and other 
unrealised changes in value
Expected return on post-retirement scheme assets
Net foreign exchange gains

Financing costs
Interest payable
Fair value losses on foreign currency contracts 2
Financial charge relating to financial RRSPs
Fair value losses on commodity derivatives 2
Interest on post-retirement scheme liabilities
Other financing charges

Net financing

Analysed as:
Net interest payable
Net post-retirement scheme financing
Net other financing
Net financing
1 See note 2
2 Net gain/(loss) on items held for trading

4   Taxation

Current tax
Current tax (credit)/charge for the year
Less double tax relief

Adjustments in respect of prior years

Deferred tax
Charge for the year
Adjustments in respect of prior years
Credit resulting from reduction in UK tax rate

Recognised in the income statement

UK

2012
£m

(3)
(1)
(4)
(7)
(11)

193 
1 
(24)
170 
159 

2012

2011

Per consolidated
income statement
£m

Notes

Underlying
financing 1
£m

Per consolidated
income statement
£m

Underlying
financing 1
£m

17

17

19

17

17

17

19

2011
£m

(1)
(2)
(3)
1 
(2)

69 
2 
(11)
60 
58

10 
750 

11 
341 
– 
1,112 

(51)
– 
(10)
(3)
(405)
(10)
(479)
633 

(41)
(64)
738 
633 

747

Overseas

2012
£m

218 
– 
218 
(18)
200 

45 
6 
– 
51 
251

10
– 

– 
– 
– 
10 

(51)
–
(10)
–
–
(10)
(71)
(61)

(41)
– 
(20)
(61)

–

2011
£m

177 
– 
177 
(8)
169 

37 
(7)
– 
30 
199 

20 
– 

2 
410 
24 
456 

(51)
(21)
(11)
(28)
(422)
(7)
(540)
(84)

(31)
(12)
(41)
(84)

(49)

Total

2012
£m

215 
(1)
214 
(25)
189 

238 
7 
(24)
221 
410 

20 
– 

– 
– 
– 
20 

(51)
– 
(11)
– 
– 
(7)
(69)
(49)

(31)
– 
(18)
(49)

– 

2011
£m

176 
(2)
174 
(7)
167 

106 
(5)
(11)
90 
257 

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4   Taxation (continued)
Other tax (charges)/credits 

Current tax: 
  Share-based payments – direct to equity 
Deferred tax: 
  Net investment hedge 
  Movement in post-retirement schemes 
  Share-based payments – direct to equity 

Tax reconciliation 

OCI 

Items that will not be reclassified 
2011
£m

2012
£m

Items that may be reclassified 
2011
£m

2012
£m

– 
91 

91 

– 
(53)

(53)

(1)
–

(1)

(1)
– 

(1)

Profit before taxation
Less share of results of joint ventures and associates (note 10)
Profit before taxation excluding joint ventures and associates

Nominal tax charge at UK corporation tax rate 24.5% (2011 26.5%)
UK R&D credit
Rate differences
Effect of restructuring of IAE 1
Other permanent differences
Benefit to deferred tax from previously unrecognised tax losses and temporary differences
Adjustments in respect of prior years
Reduction in closing deferred taxes resulting from decrease in UK tax rate

Underlying items (note 2)
Non-underlying items

Equity

2012
£m

3

6
9

2012 
£m 
2,705 
(173)
2,532 

620 
(26)
58 
(209)
9 
– 
(18)
(24)
410 
318 
92 
410 

1 Pursuant to the Substantial Shareholding Exemption, the majority of the upfront proceeds received on the IAE restructuring (see note 25) are not subject to tax.

Deferred taxation assets and liabilities

At 1 January
Amount charged to income statement 
Amount credited/(charged) to other comprehensive income 
Amount credited to equity 
Acquisition of businesses 
Transferred (from)/to assets held for sale 
Exchange differences 
At 31 December
Deferred tax assets 
Deferred tax liabilities 

2012 
£m 
(77)
(221)
90 
6 
(1)
(46)
(5)
(254)
330 
(584)
(254)

2011
£m

6 

6 
12 

2011 
£m 
1,105 
(116)
989 

262 
(29)
40 
–
8 
(1)
(12)
(11)
257 
261 
(4)
257 

2011 
£m 
13 
(90)
(54)
6 
(3)
46 
5 
(77)
368 
(445)
(77)

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4   Taxation (continued)
The analysis of the deferred tax position is as follows: 

Intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Other temporary differences
Amounts recoverable on contracts
Pensions and other post-retirement  
scheme benefits
Foreign exchange and commodity financial 
assets and liabilities
Losses
Advance corporation tax

Intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Other temporary differences
Amounts recoverable on contracts
Pensions and other post-retirement  
scheme benefits
Foreign exchange and commodity financial 
assets and liabilities
Losses
Advance corporation tax

At 1 January 
2012 
£m 
(243)
(135)
(61)
(250)

Recognised 
in income 
statement 
£m 
58 
(25)
21 
(101)

Recognised 
in OCI 
£m
– 
– 
(1)
– 

Recognised 
in equity 
£m 
– 
– 
– 
– 

Acquisition 
of businesses 
£m 
– 
1 
– 
– 

Transferred
from
 assets held 
for sale
 £m 
(46)
– 
– 
– 

Exchange
 differences 
£m 
(1)
1 
2 
– 

At 
31 December
 2012 
£m 
(232)
(158)
(39)
(351)

99 

121 
328 
64 
(77)

(31)

(177)
34 
– 
(221)

91 

– 
– 
– 
90 

– 

– 
6 
– 
6 

(2)

– 
– 
– 
(1)

– 

– 
– 
– 
(46)

(8)

– 
1 
– 
(5)

149 

(56)
369 
64 
(254)

At 1 January 
2011 
£m 
(282)
(150)
(64)
(229)

Recognised 
in income 
statement 
£m 
(9)
16 
(3)
(21)

Recognised 
in OCI 
£m
– 
– 
(1)
– 

Recognised 
in equity 
£m 
– 
– 
6 
– 

Acquisition 
of businesses 
£m 
– 
– 
(3)
– 

Transferred to
 assets held 
for sale
 £m 
46 
– 
– 
– 

Exchange
 differences 
£m 
2 
(1)
4 
– 

At 
31 December
 2011 
£m 
(243)
(135)
(61)
(250)

263 

94
317 
64 
13 

(111)

27 
11 
– 
(90)

(53)

– 
– 
– 
(54)

– 

– 
– 
– 
6 

– 

– 
– 
– 
(3)

– 

– 
– 
– 
46 

Advance corporation tax 
Losses and other unrecognised deferred tax assets 
Deferred tax not recognised on unused tax losses and other items on the basis that future economic benefit is uncertain

The Autumn Statement 2012 announced that the UK corporation tax rate will reduce to 21 per cent by 2014. The reductions to 24 per cent 
effective from 1 April 2012 and 23 per cent effective from 1 April 2013 were substantively enacted on 26 March 2012 and 3 July 2012 
respectively. As the rate change to 23 per cent was substantively enacted prior to the year end, the closing deferred tax assets and liabilities 
have been calculated at this rate. The resulting charges or credits have been recognised in the income statement except to the extent that 
they relate to items previously charged or credited to OCI or equity. Accordingly, in 2012, £24m has been credited to the income statement, 
£3m has been charged to the OCI and £3m has been charged directly to equity.

Had the further tax rate changes been substantively enacted on or before the balance sheet date it would have had the effect of reducing 
the deferred tax asset by £15m and reducing the deferred tax liability by £33m.

The temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, for which a deferred tax liability has 
not been recognised, aggregate to £144m (2011 £178m). No deferred tax liability has been recognised on the potential withholding tax due 
on the remittance of undistributed profits as the Group is able to control the timing of such remittances and it is probable that consent will 
not be given in the foreseeable future.

– 

– 
– 
– 
5 

2012 
£m 
118 
39 
157 

99 

121 
328 
64 
(77)

2011 
£m 
118 
41 
159 

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5  Earnings per ordinary share
Basic earnings per ordinary share (EPS) are calculated by dividing the profit attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average 
number of ordinary shares in issue during the year, excluding ordinary shares held under trust, which have been treated as if they had 
been cancelled.

Diluted EPS are calculated by adjusting the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year for the bonus element of 
share options.

Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders (£m) 
Weighted average number of ordinary shares (millions) 
EPS (pence) 

The reconciliation between underlying EPS and basic EPS is as follows: 

Underlying EPS/Underlying profit attributable to ordinary shareholders 
Total underlying adjustments to profit before tax (note 2) 
Related tax effects 
EPS/Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders 
  Excluding IAE restructuring 

IAE restructuring 
Diluted underlying EPS 

2012
Potentially
dilutive
share options 

25 
(1.64)

Basic 
2,281 
1,851 
123.23 

2011
Potentially
dilutive
share options 

25 
(0.62)

Diluted 
2,281 
1,876 
121.59 

Basic 
850 
1,850 
45.95 

2012 

2011 

Pence 
59.27 
68.93 
(4.97)
123.23 
83.47 
39.76 
58.48 

£m 
1,097 
1,276 
(92)
2,281 
1,545 
736 

Pence 
48.54 
(2.81)
0.22 
45.95 
45.95 
– 
47.89 

Diluted 
850 
1,875 
45.33 

£m 
898 
(52)
4 
850 
850 
– 

6  Employee information 

Average number of employees
United Kingdom
Rest of world

Civil aerospace
Defence aerospace
Marine
Energy
Engine Holding

Group employment costs 1
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Share-based payments (note 21)
Pensions and other post-retirement scheme benefits (note 19)

1  Remuneration of key management personnel is shown in note 24.

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Number 

2011 
Number 

22,800 
20,000 
42,800 
21,500 
7,800 
8,800 
3,700 
1,000 
42,800 

21,600 
18,800 
40,400 
19,800 
7,600 
8,600 
3,500 
900 
40,400 

£m

£m 

2,163 
265 
55 
279 
2,762 

2,037 
245 
59 
23 
2,364 

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7  Auditors’ remuneration
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and its associates were as follows:

Fees payable to the Company’s auditor for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements 1
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and its associates for the audit of the Company’s subsidiaries pursuant to legislation
Total fees payable for audit services
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and its associates for other services:
  Audit related assurance services 2
  Taxation compliance services
  Taxation advisory services
Internal audit services 3
Information technology 4

  All other services 

Fees payable in respect of the Group’s pension schemes:
  Audit
  Taxation compliance services

2012 
£m 
0.2 
4.5 
4.7 

0.6 
0.3 
0.2 
0.6 
0.4 
0.1 
6.9 

0.2
0.1

2011 
£m 
0.2 
4.3 
4.5 

1.0 
0.3 
0.2
–
– 
0.2 
6.2 

0.2 
– 

1   The level of fees payable to the Company’s auditor for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements reflects the fact that limited incremental work is required in  
respect of the audit of these financial statements. Rolls-Royce plc, a subsidiary of the Company, is also required to prepare consolidated financial statements and the fees  
payable to the Company’s auditor for the audit of those financial statements, including the audit of the sub-consolidation, is included in the audit of the Company’s subsidiaries 
pursuant to legislation.

2  This includes £0.3m (2011 £0.3m) for the review of the half-year report.
3  During the Group’s IT modernisation programme, KPMG provided specialist internal audit support while the Group recruited its own personnel.
4  This relates to consulting services on the Group’s IT modernisation programme. After being engaged by the Group, the consultancy was acquired by KPMG.

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8 

Intangible assets 

Cost:
At 1 January 2011
Exchange differences
Additions
Acquisitions of businesses
Transferred to assets held for sale
Disposals
At 1 January 2012
Exchange differences
Additions
Acquisitions of businesses
Transferred from subsidiary to associate
Disposals
At 31 December 2012

Accumulated amortisation:
At 1 January 2011
Charge for the year 1
Transferred to assets held for sale
Disposals
At 1 January 2012
Charge for the year 1
Impairment
Disposals
At 31 December 2012

Net book value:
At 31 December 2012
At 31 December 2011 
At 1 January 2011

Certification
costs and
participation
fees
£m

Goodwill
£m

Development
expenditure
£m

Recoverable
engine
costs
£m

Software
and other
£m

1,115 
(20)
– 
11 
– 
– 
1,106 
(4)
– 
10 
– 
(1)
1,111 

7 
– 
– 
– 
7 
– 
3 
(1)
9 

1,102 
1,099 
1,108 

686 
(2)
44 
– 
– 
(8)
720 
(2)
28 
– 
– 
(6)
740 

190 
15 
– 
(8)
197 
34 
– 
(6)
225 

515 
523 
496 

862 
(1)
93 
– 
–
– 
954 
(4)
38 
– 
(1)
(6)
981 

232 
36 
– 
– 
268 
50 
– 
(6)
312 

669 
686 
630 

697 
– 
135 
– 
(368)
– 
464 
– 
35 
– 
– 
– 
499 

351 
62 
(182)
– 
231 
64 
– 
– 
295 

204 
233 
346 

413 
(2)
95 
8 
–
(24)
490 
(1)
124 
9 
– 
(3)
619 

109 
56 
– 
(16)
149 
61 
– 
(2)
208 

411 
341 
304 

1  Charged to cost of sales except development costs, which are charged to research and development costs. 

Goodwill
In accordance with the requirements of IAS 36 Impairment of Assets, goodwill is allocated to the Group’s cash-generating units, or  
groups of cash-generating units, that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the business combination that gave rise to the  
goodwill as follows:

Cash-generating unit (CGU) or groups of CGUs

Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG 
Offshore marine – arising from the acquisitions of Vinters Limited and  
Scandinavian Electric Holdings AS 
Offshore marine – arising from the acquisition of ODIM ASA 
Other 

Primary 
reporting
segment
Civil aerospace 

Marine 
Marine 
Various 

2012 
£m 
223

649
115
115
1,102

Total
£m

3,773 
(25)
367 
19 
(368) 
(32)
3,734 
(11)
225 
19 
(1)
(16)
3,950 

889 
169 
(182)
(24)
852 
209 
3 
(15)
1,049 

2,901 
2,882 
2,884 

2011 
£m 
230 

645 
112 
112 
1,099 

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Intangible assets (continued)

8 
Goodwill has been tested for impairment during 2012 on the following basis:

•	

•	

•	

 The carrying values of goodwill have been assessed by reference to value in use. These have been estimated using cash flows from the 
most recent forecasts prepared by management, which are consistent with past experience and external sources of information on 
market conditions. Given the long-term and established nature of many of the Group’s products (product lives are often measured in 
decades), these forecast the next ten years. Growth rates for the period not covered by the forecasts are based on a range of growth rates 
(2.0 – 2.5 per cent) that reflect the products, industries and countries in which the relevant CGU or group of CGUs operate.
 The key assumptions for the impairment tests are the discount rate and, in the cash flow projections, the programme assumptions, the 
growth rates and the impact of foreign exchange rates on the relationship between selling prices and costs. Impairment tests are 
performed using prevailing exchange rates.
 The pre-tax cash flow projections have been discounted at 13 per cent (2011 13 per cent), based on the Group’s weighted average 
cost of capital, adjusted for specific risks.

The principal value in use assumptions for goodwill balances considered to be individually significant are:

•	

•	

 Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG – Volume of engine deliveries, flying hours of installed fleet and cost escalation. These are based on 
current and known future programmes, estimates of customers’ fleet requirements and long-term economic forecasts. The principal 
foreign exchange exposure is on translating US dollar income into euros. For the purposes of the impairment test only, cash flows 
beyond the ten-year forecasts are assumed to grow at 2.5 per cent (2011 2.5 per cent). The directors do not consider that any reasonably 
possible change in the key assumptions would cause the value in use of the goodwill to fall below its carrying value. The overall level of 
business would need to reduce by more than 75 per cent to cause an impairment of this balance.
 Vinters Limited – Volume of equipment deliveries, capture of aftermarket and cost escalation. These are based on current and known 
future programmes, estimates of customers’ fleet requirements and long-term economic forecasts. The principal foreign exchange 
exposures are on translating income in a variety of non-functional currencies into Norwegian kroner. For the purposes of the 
impairment test only, cash flows beyond the ten-year forecasts are assumed to grow at 2.5 per cent (2011 2.5 per cent). The directors do 
not consider that any reasonably possible change in the key assumptions would cause the value in use of the goodwill to fall below its 
carrying value. The overall level of business would need to reduce by more than 80 per cent to cause an impairment of this balance.

Other intangible assets
Certification costs and participation fees, development costs and recoverable engine costs have been reviewed for impairment in 
accordance with the requirements of IAS 36 Impairment of Assets. Where an impairment test was considered necessary, it has been 
performed on the following basis:

•	

•	

•	

•	

 The carrying values have been assessed by reference to value in use. These have been estimated using cash flows from the most recent 
forecasts prepared by management, which are consistent with past experience and external sources of information on market 
conditions over the lives of the respective programmes.
 The key assumptions underlying cash flow projections are assumed market share, programme timings, unit cost assumptions, discount 
rates, and foreign exchange rates.
 The pre-tax cash flow projections have been discounted at 11 per cent (2011 11 per cent), based on the Group’s weighted average cost 
of capital, adjusted for specific risks.
 No impairment is required on this basis. However, a combination of changes in assumptions and adverse movements in variables that 
are outside the Group’s control (discount rate, exchange rate and airframe delays), could result in impairment in future years.

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9  Property, plant and equipment

Cost:
At 1 January 2011
Exchange differences
Additions
Acquisitions of businesses
Reclassifications
Transferred to assets held for sale
Disposals
At 1 January 2012
Exchange differences
Additions
Acquisitions of businesses
Disposals of businesses
Reclassifications
Disposals
At 31 December 2012

Accumulated depreciation:
At 1 January 2011
Exchange differences
Charge for the year 1
Impairment
Reclassifications
Transferred to assets held for sale
Disposals
At 1 January 2012
Exchange differences
Charge for the year 1
Reclassifications
Disposals of businesses
Disposals
At 31 December 2012

Net book value:
At 31 December 2012
At 31 December 2011
At 1 January 2011

1  Depreciation charged during the year is presented in the income statement or included in the cost of inventory as appropriate. 

Property, plant and equipment includes: 

Net book value of finance leased assets:
Land and buildings
Plant and equipment

Assets held for use in operating leases:
Cost
Depreciation
Net book value

Capital expenditure commitments
Cost of fully depreciated assets

The Group’s share of equity accounted entities’ capital commitments is £31m (2011 £25m). 

Land and 
buildings
£m

Plant and
 equipment
£m

Aircraft and
 engines
£m

In course of
 construction
£m

877 
(4)
17 
– 
78 
15 
(2)
981 
(14)
50 
– 
– 
60 
(5)
1,072 

271 
(2)
39 
– 
3 
6 
(2)
315 
(3)
39 
7 
– 
(3)
355 

717 
666 
606 

2,538 
(13)
80 
2 
123 
– 
(84)
2,646 
(25)
124 
45 
(4)
168 
(65)
2,889 

1,497 
(7)
185 
– 
(3)
– 
(74)
1,598 
(13)
196 
(7)
(2)
(58)
1,714 

1,175 
1,048 
1,041 

189 
– 
52 
– 
5 
(13)
(17)
216 
(1)
18 
– 
– 
4 
(14)
223 

42 
– 
15 
– 
– 
(7)
(6)
44 
– 
20 
– 
– 
(2)
62 

161 
172 
147 

Total
£m

3,946 
(16)
467 
2 
– 
2 
(104)
4,297 
(49)
491 
45 
(4)
– 
(85)
4,695 

1,810 
(9)
239 
2 
– 
(1)
(82)
1,959 
(16)
255 
– 
(2)
(65)
2,131 

2,564 
2,338 
2,136 

2011 
£m 

7 
5 

235 
(60)
175 

196 
655 

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1 
318 
– 
(206)
– 
(1)
454 
(9)
299 
– 
– 
(232)
(1)
511 

– 
– 
– 
2 
– 
– 
– 
2 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(2)
– 

511 
452 
342 

2012 
£m 

7 
4 

242 
(65)
177 

258
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10 Investments

At 1 January 2011
Exchange differences
Additions
Taxation paid by the Group
Share of retained profit
Transferred to assets held for sale
Disposals
Share of OCI of joint ventures and associates – will not be reclassified to profit or loss
Share of OCI of joint ventures and associates – may be reclassified to profit or loss
At 1 January 2012
Exchange differences
Additions
Taxation paid by the Group
Transfer to subsidiary
Impairment
Share of retained profit
Transferred from subsidiary to associate
Disposals
Share of OCI of joint ventures and associates – will not be reclassified to profit or loss
Share of OCI of joint ventures and associates – may be reclassified to profit or loss
At 31 December 2012

Equity accounted

Joint 
ventures
£m
393 
(62)
1,329 
3 
40 
(13)
– 
(3) 
(7)
1,680 
(58)
191 
6 
(5)
(2)
44 
– 
– 
(46)
(12)
1,798 

Associates
£m
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
2 
– 
– 
– 
2 

Total 
£m 
393 
(62)
1,329 
3 
40 
(13)
– 
(3) 
(7)
1,680 
(58)
191 
6 
(5)
(2)
44 
2 
– 
(46)
(12)
1,800 

Joint ventures

Associates

Total

2011
£m

2012 
£m

2011
£m

Assets:
  Non-current assets
  Current assets
Liabilities: 2
  Current liabilities
  Non-current liabilities

2 Liabilities include borrowings of:

Revenue 
Profit before financing  
and taxation
Net financing
Taxation
Results recognised in the 
consolidated income statement
Dividends received
Retained profit

Engine
Holding 1
£m

1,590 
718 

(421)
(559)
1,328 
(103)

Other
£m

1,717 
818 

(655)
(1,410)
470 
(1,271)

2012
£m

3,307 
1,536 

(1,076)
(1,969)
1,798 
(1,374)

Engine
Holding 1
£m

1,687 
818 

(477)
(779)
1,249 
(176)

Other
£m

1,529 
891 

(793)
(1,196)
431 
(1,176)

3,216 
1,709 

(1,270)
(1,975)
1,680 
(1,352)

1,223 

2,827 

4,050 

491 

3,055 

 3,546 

33 
(10)
(1)

22 
(28)
(6)

189 
(22)
(16)

151 
(101)
50 

222 
(32)
(17)

173 
(129)
44 

(13)
(12)
10 

(15)
– 
(15)

165 
(19)
(15)

131 
(76)
55 

152 
(31)
(5)

116 
(76)
40 

2012 
£m 

3,308 
1,538 

(1,077)
(1,969)
1,800 
(1,374)

4,053 

3,546 

222 
(32)
(17)

173 
(129)
44 

152 
(31)
(5)

116 
(76)
40 

1 
2 

(1)
– 
2 
–

3 

– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 

–
–

–
–
– 
–

– 

– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 

1   At 31 December 2012, Engine Holding (the 50:50 collaboration with Daimler AG) held 99 per cent of the Tognum shares. As part of the Engine Holding shareholders’ agreement,  

certain conditions allow the Group to exercise rights and classify Tognum as a subsidiary and consolidate it. These conditions were fulfilled and the rights exercised on 1 January 2013. 
Daimler AG has the option to sell, for a period of six years, from 1 January 2013, at a specified price, its shares in Engine Holding to Rolls-Royce. The fair value of this option was not 
significant at 31 December 2012. Further detail is shown in note 26.

The principal joint ventures at 31 December 2012 are listed on pages 127 and 128. 

Other

Unlisted 
£m 
11 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(1)
–
– 
10 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(4)
– 
– 
6 

2011 
£m 

3,216 
1,709 

(1,270)
(1,975)
1,680 
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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

11  Inventories

Raw materials
Work in progress
Long-term contracts work in progress
Finished goods
Payments on account

Inventories stated at net realisable value
Amount of inventory write-down
Reversal of inventory write-down

12  Trade and other receivables 

Trade receivables
Amounts recoverable on contracts 1
Amounts owed by joint ventures and associates
Loan to Engine Holding GmbH
Other receivables
Prepayments and accrued income

Analysed as:
Financial instruments (note 17):
  Trade receivables and similar items
  Other non-derivative financial assets
Non-financial instruments

Trade and other receivables expected to be recovered in more than one year:
  Trade receivables
  Amounts recoverable on contracts
  Amounts owed by joint ventures and associates
  Other receivables
  Prepayments and accrued income

2012 
£m 
336 
1,056 
10 
1,282 
42 
2,726 

136 
64 
1 

2012 
£m 
1,182 
1,902 
351 
– 
479 
205 
4,119 

1,662 
364 
2,093 
4,119 

40 
1,473 
3 
63 
32 
1,611 

2011 
£m 
319 
921 
12 
1,267 
42 
2,561 

169 
114 
3 

2011 
£m 
1,123 
1,665 
421 
169 
475 
156 
4,009 

1,655 
550 
1,804 
4,009 

4 
1,314 
20 
60 
28 
1,426 

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International GmbH to participate in the development of the TP400 engine for the A400M military transport aircraft.

13  Cash and cash equivalents 

Cash at bank and in hand
Money-market funds
Short-term deposits

Overdrafts (note 15)
Cash and cash equivalents per cash flow statement (page 76 )
Cash held as collateral against third party obligations (note 23)

2012 
£m 
674 
408 
1,503 
2,585 

– 
2,585 
64 

2011 
£m 
1,285 
11 
14 
1,310 

(19)
1,291 
67 

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

14 Assets held for sale 

Intangible assets – recoverable engine costs
Property, plant and equipment
Investment in joint venture
Amounts recoverable on contracts
Amounts owed by joint ventures
Assets held for sale

Accruals and deferred income
Other payables
Provisions for liabilities and charges
Deferred tax liabilities
Liabilities associated with assets held for sale

2012 
£m 
– 
4 
– 
– 
– 
4 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

2011 
£m 
186 
6 
13 
59 
49 
313 

(54)
(26)
(9)
(46)
(135)

On 12 October 2011, the Group announced an agreement to form a new partnership with Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies 
Corporation company, to develop new engines for the next generation of mid-size aircraft (120-230 seats). As part of this agreement,  
on 29 June 2012, the Group and Pratt & Whitney restructured their participation in IAE, which produces the V2500 engine for the  
Airbus A320 family of aircraft. Rolls-Royce sold its equity, programme share and related goodwill in IAE to Pratt & Whitney for US$1.5 billion. 

As Rolls-Royce continues to be responsible for the manufacture of high-pressure compressors, fan blades as well as the provision of engine 
support and final assembly of 50 per cent of V2500 engines, the transaction was not considered to give rise to a discontinued operation.

15  Borrowings

Unsecured
Overdrafts
Bank loans
73/8% Notes 2016 £200m
6.38% Notes 2013 US$230m 1
6.55% Notes 2015 US$83m 1
6.75% Notes 2019 £500m 2
Secured
Obligations under finance leases 3:

Current 

2012 
£m 

– 
2 
– 
147 
– 
– 

– 
149 

2011 
£m 

19 
1 
– 
– 
– 
–

– 
20 

Non-current 
2012 
£m 

– 
404 
200 
– 
58 
571 

2011 
£m 

– 
204 
200 
160 
62 
557

Total 

2012 
£m 

– 
406 
200 
147 
58 
571 

2011 
£m 

19 
205 
200 
160 
62 
557 

1 
1,234 

1 
1,184 

1 
1,383 

1 
1,204 

1  These notes are the subject of interest rate swap agreements under which the Group has undertaken to pay floating rates of interest, and currency swaps which form a fair value hedge. 
2   These notes are the subject of interest rate swap agreements under which the Group has undertaken to pay floating rates of interest which form a fair value hedge. 
3   Obligations under finance leases are secured by related leased assets.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

16  Trade and other payables

Payments received on account 1
Trade payables
Amounts owed to joint ventures and associates
Other taxation and social security
Other payables
Accruals and deferred income

1  Includes payments received on account from joint 
ventures and associates

Current 

2012 
£m 
1,361 
1,109 
202 
107 
1,574 
2,034 
6,387 

262 

2011 
£m 
1,396 
1,028 
215 
88 
1,623 
1,886 
6,236 

358 

Non-current 
2012 
£m 
609 
– 
1 
– 
95 
760 
1,465 

162 

2011 
£m 
487 
– 
1 
– 
58 
768 
1,314 

147 

Total 

2012 
£m 
1,970 
1,109 
203 
107 
1,669 
2,794 
7,852 

424 

Included within accruals and deferred income are government grants of £89m (2011 £104m). During the year, £16m (2011 £2m) of 
government grants were released to the income statement.

Trade and other payables are analysed as follows: 

Financial instruments (note 17):
  Trade payables and similar items
  Other non-derivative financial liabilities
Non-financial instruments

2012 
£m 

2,571 
704 
4,577 
7,852 

2011 
£m 
1,883 
1,028 
216 
88 
1,681 
2,654 
7,550 

505 

2011 
£m 

2,356 
718 
4,476 
7,550 

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

17  Financial instruments
Carrying values and fair values of financial instruments

At 31 December 2012
Unlisted non-current asset investments
Trade receivables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial assets
Derivative financial assets
Short-term investments
Cash and cash equivalents
Borrowings
Derivative financial liabilities
Put option on non-controlling interests
Financial RRSPs
C Shares
Trade payables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial liabilities

At 31 December 2011
Unlisted non-current asset investments
Trade receivables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial assets
Derivative financial assets
Short-term investments
Cash and cash equivalents
Borrowings
Derivative financial liabilities
Financial RRSPs
C Shares
Trade payables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial liabilities

Basis for
 determining
 fair value

Notes

Held for
trading
£m

Loans and
 receivables
£m

Available 
for sale
£m

Assets

10  
12  
12  

13  
15  

16  
16  

10  
12  
12  

13  
15  

16  
16  

A 
B 
B 
C 
B 
B 
D 
C 
E 
D 
B 
B 
B 

A 
B 
B 
C 
B 
B 
D 
C 
D
B 
B 
B 

– 
– 
– 
707 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
707 

– 
– 
– 
418 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
418 

6 
1,662 
364 
– 
11 
1,503 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
3,546 

10 
1,655 
550 
– 
11 
14 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
2,240 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
408 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
408 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
11 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
11 

Liabilities

Held for
 trading
£m

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(360)
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(360)

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(796)
– 
– 
– 
– 
(796)

Total

£m

6 
1,662 
364 
707 
11 
2,585 
(1,383)
(360)
(167)
(193)
(10)
(2,571)
(704)
(53)

10 
1,655 
550 
418 
11 
1,310 
(1,204)
(796)
(230)
(4)
(2,356)
(718)
(1,354)

Other
£m

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(1,383)
– 
(167)
(193)
(10)
(2,571)
(704)
(5,028)

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(1,204)
– 
(230)
(4)
(2,356)
(718)
(4,512)

Cash
£m

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
674 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
674 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
1,285 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
1,285 

Fair values equate to book values for both 2012 and 2011, with the following exceptions:

Borrowings
Financial RRSPs

2012

2011

Book value
£m
(1,383)
(193)

Fair value
£m
(1,542)
(215)

Book value
£m
(1,204)
(230)

Fair value
£m
(1,371)
(254)

The fair value of a financial instrument is the price at which an asset could be exchanged, or a liability settled, between knowledgeable, 
willing parties in an arms-length transaction. Fair values have been determined with reference to available market information at the 
balance sheet date, using the methodologies described below. 

A  These primarily comprise bank deposits where the fair value approximates to the book value.
B  Fair values are assumed to approximate to cost either due to the short-term maturity of the instruments or because the interest rate of the investments is reset after periods not 

exceeding six months.  

C  Fair values of derivative financial assets and liabilities are estimated by discounting expected future contractual cash flows using prevailing interest rate curves. Amounts 

denominated in foreign currencies are valued at the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date. These financial instruments are included on the balance sheet at fair value, 
derived from observable market prices (Level 2 as defined by IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures). 

D  Borrowing and financial RRSPs are carried at amortised cost. Fair values are estimated by discounting expected future contractual cash flows using prevailing interest rate curves. 

Amounts denominated in foreign currencies are valued at the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date. For financial RRSPs, the contractual cash flows are based on future 
trading activity, which is estimated based on latest forecasts. 

E   The fair value of the put option on NCI is determined in accordance with the contractual terms (Level 3 as defined by IFRS 7).

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17  Financial instruments (continued)
Carrying values of other financial assets and liabilities

Foreign
 exchange
 contracts 
£m

Commodity
 contracts 
£m

Interest rate
 contracts 
£m

Total
 derivatives 
£m

Put option 
on non-
controlling
 interests 
£m

Financial
 RRSPs 
£m

C Shares 
£m

At 31 December 2012 
Non-current assets 
Current assets 

Current liabilities 
Non-current liabilities 

At 31 December 2011 
Non-current assets 
Current assets 

Current liabilities 
Non-current liabilities 

498 
104 
602 
(97)
(233)
(330)
272 

237 
84 
321 
(85)
(683)
(768)
(447)

4 
6 
10 
(8)
(15)
(23)
(13)

7 
7 
14 
(7)
(19)
(26)
(12)

90 
5 
95 
– 
(7)
(7)
88 

83 
– 
83 
– 
(2)
(2)
81 

592 
115 
707 
(105)
(255)
(360)
347 

327 
91 
418 
(92)
(704)
(796)
(378)

– 
– 
– 
(167)
– 
(167)
(167)

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
(30)
(163)
(193)
(193)

– 
– 
– 
(15)
(215)
(230)
(230)

– 
– 
– 
(10)
– 
(10)
(10)

– 
– 
– 
(4)
– 
(4)
(4)

Total 
£m

592 
115 
707 
(312)
(418)
(730)
(23)

327 
91 
418 
(111)
(919)
(1,030)
(612)

Derivative financial instruments
The Group uses various financial instruments to manage its exposure to movements in foreign exchange rates. Where the effectiveness of 
a hedging relationship in a cash flow hedge is demonstrated, changes in the fair value that are deemed effective are included in the cash 
flow hedge reserve and released to match actual payments on the hedged item. The Group uses commodity swaps to manage its exposure 
to movements in the price of commodities (jet fuel and base metals). To hedge the currency risk associated with a borrowing denominated 
in US dollars, the Group has currency derivatives designated as part of fair value hedges. The Group uses interest rate swaps, forward rate 
agreements and interest rate caps to manage its exposure to movements in interest rates. 

Movements in the fair values of derivative financial assets and liabilities were as follows: 

At 1 January 2011
Movements in fair value hedges 1 
Movements in cash flow hedges 
Movements in other derivative contracts 2 
Contracts settled 3 
At 1 January 2012
Movements in fair value hedges 1 
Movements in cash flow hedges 
Movements in other derivative contracts 2 
Contracts settled 3 
At 31 December 2012 

Foreign
 exchange
 instruments
£m
(336)
2 
(1)
(21)
(91)
(447)
(8)
(4)
750 
(19)
272 

Commodity
 instruments
£m
21 
– 
– 
(28)
(5)
(12)
– 
– 
(3)
2 
(13)

Interest rate
 instruments
£m
175 
83 
– 
1 
(178)
81 
6 
– 
1 
– 
88 

Total
£m
(140)
85 
(1)
(48)
(274)
(378)
(2)
(4)
748 
(17)
347 

1  Net gain on related hedged items £2m (2011 £85m net loss).  
2   Included in financing.   
3   Includes contracts settled in fair value hedges £nil (2011 £1m loss) and cash flow hedges £4m loss (2011: nil).

Put option on NCI and financial risk and revenue sharing partnerships (RRSPs)
The Group has agreed a put option with Daimler AG, such that Daimler can sell its interest in Engine Holding GmbH to the Group. The fair 
value of the exercise value of this option that relates to Bergen Engines AS is included as a financial liability (see also note 26). The Group has 
financial liabilities arising from financial RRSPs. These financial liabilities are valued at each reporting date using the amortised cost 
method. This involves calculating the present value of the forecast cash flows of the arrangements using the internal rate of return at the 
inception of the arrangements as the discount rate.

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17  Financial instruments (continued)
Movements in the carrying values were as follows:

At 1 January
Cash paid to partners
Additions
Exchange adjustments included in OCI
Financing charge 1 
Excluded from underlying profit:
  Change in put option exercise price 1
  Exchange adjustments 1
  Changes in forecast payments 1
At 31 December 

1  Included in financing.

  Put option on NCI
2012
£m
– 
– 
(167)
– 

(5)
5 

(167)

Financial RRSPs

2012
£m
(230)
35 

1 
(10)

9 
2 
(193)

2011
£m
(266)
46 
– 
(1)
(11)

1 
1 
(230)

Risk management policies and hedging activities 
The principal financial risks to which the Group is exposed are: foreign currency exchange rate risk; liquidity risk; credit risk; interest rate 
risk; and commodity price risk. The Board has approved policies for the management of these risks.

Foreign currency exchange rate risk – The Group has significant cash flows (most significantly US dollars, followed by the euro) 
denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the relevant trading entity. To manage its exposures to changes in values 
of future foreign currency cash flows, so as to maintain relatively stable long-term foreign exchange rates on settled transactions, the 
Group enters into derivative forward foreign currency transactions. For accounting purposes, these derivative contracts are not designated 
as hedging instruments.

The Group also has exposures to the fair values of non-derivative financial instruments denominated in foreign currencies. To manage the 
risk of changes in these fair values, the Group enters into derivative forward foreign exchange contracts, which are designated as fair value 
hedges for accounting purposes.

The Group regards its interests in overseas subsidiary companies as long-term investments. The Group aims to match its translational 
exposures by matching the currencies of assets and liabilities. Where appropriate, foreign currency financial liabilities may be designated 
as hedges of the net investment.

Liquidity risk – The Group’s policy is to hold financial investments and maintain undrawn committed facilities at a level sufficient to ensure 
that the Group has available funds to meet its medium-term capital and funding obligations and to meet any unforeseen obligations and 
opportunities. The Group holds cash and short-term investments, which together with the undrawn committed facilities, enable the Group 
to manage its liquidity risk. The profile of the maturity of the Group’s committed facilities is discussed on page 37.

Credit risk – The Group is exposed to credit risk to the extent of non-payment by either its customers or the counterparties of its financial 
instruments. The effective monitoring and controlling of credit risk is a key component of the Group’s risk management activities. The 
Group has credit policies covering both trading and financial exposures. Credit risks arising from treasury activities are managed by a 
central treasury function in accordance with the Group credit policy. The objective of the policy is to diversify and minimise the Group’s 
exposure to credit risk from its treasury activities by ensuring the Group transacts strictly with ‘BBB+’ or higher rated financial institutions 
based on pre-established limits per financial institution. At the balance sheet date, there were no significant concentrations of credit risk to 
individual customers or counterparties. The maximum exposure to credit risk at the balance sheet date is represented by the carrying 
value of each financial asset, including derivative financial instruments.

Interest rate risk – The Group’s interest rate risk is primarily in relation to its fixed rate borrowings (fair value risk), floating rate borrowings 
and cash and cash equivalents (cash flow risk). Interest rate derivatives are used to manage the overall interest rate profile within the 
Group policy, which is to maintain a higher proportion of net debt at floating rates of interest as a natural hedge to the net cash position. 
These are designated as either fair value or cash flow hedges as appropriate.

Commodity risk – The Group has exposures to the price of jet fuel and base metals arising from business operations. To minimise its cash 
flow exposures to changes in commodity prices, the Group enters into derivative commodity transactions. For accounting purposes, these 
derivative contracts are not designated as hedging instruments.

Other price risk – The Group’s cash equivalent balances represent investments in money market instruments, with a term of up to three 
months. The Group does not consider that these are subject to significant price risk.

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17  Financial instruments (continued)
Derivative financial instruments
The nominal amounts, analysed by year of expected maturity, and fair values of derivative financial instruments are as follows:

At 31 December 2012 
Foreign exchange contracts:
  Fair value hedges
  Non-hedge accounted
Interest rate contracts:
  Fair value hedges
  Non-hedge accounted
Commodity contracts:
  Non-hedge accounted

At 31 December 2011 
Foreign exchange contracts:
  Fair value hedges
  Non-hedge accounted
Interest rate contracts:
  Fair value hedges
  Non-hedge accounted
Commodity contracts:
  Non-hedge accounted

Expected maturity

Fair value

Nominal
amount
£m

Within
one year
£m

Between
one and
two years
£m

Between
two and
five years
£m

After
five years
£m

Assets
£m

Liabilities
£m

175 
17,701 

692 
7 

286 
18,861 

175 
17,563 

701 
43 

220 
18,702 

129 
4,585 

141 
– 

76 
4,931 

– 
5,438 

– 
– 

68 
5,506 

– 
3,542 

51 
– 

68 
3,661 

129 
3,625 

148 
– 

59 
3,961 

46 
9,029 

– 
7 

– 
545 

500 
– 

99 
9,181 

43 
1,088 

46 
7,568 

53 
43 

93 
7,803 

– 
932 

500 
– 

– 
1,432 

15 
587 

89 
6 

10 
707 

23 
298 

83 
– 

14 
418 

– 
(330)

– 
(7)

(23)
(360)

– 
(768)

– 
(2)

(26)
(796)

As described above, all derivative financial instruments are entered into for risk management purposes, although these may not be 
designated into hedging relationships for accounting purposes.

Currency analysis
Derivative financial instruments related to foreign exchange risks are denominated in the following currencies:

Currencies purchased forward

Sterling
£m

US dollar
£m

Euro
£m

Other
£m

Total
£m

F
i
n
a
n
c
i
a

l
s
t
a
t
e
m
e
n
t
s

At 31 December 2012 
Currencies sold forward:
  Sterling
  US dollar
  Euro
  Other
At 31 December 2011 
Currencies sold forward:
  Sterling
  US dollar
  Euro
  Other

– 
14,407 
– 
21 

– 
14,401 
– 
36 

495 
– 
– 
11 

814 
– 
– 
26 

– 
1,817 
– 
70 

– 
1,193 
– 
67 

Other derivative financial instruments are denominated in the following currencies:

Sterling
US dollar
Other

23 
840 
177 
15 

147 
834 
197 
23 

2012
£m 
506 
479 
– 

518 
17,064 
177 
117 

961 
16,428 
197 
152 

2011 
£m
510
421
33 

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

17  Financial instruments (continued)
Non-derivative financial instruments are denominated in the following currencies:

Sterling
£m

US dollar
£m

At 31 December 2012
Assets
Unlisted non-current investments
Trade receivables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial assets
Short-term investments
Cash and cash equivalents

Liabilities
Borrowings
Put option on non-controlling interests
Financial RRSPs
C Shares
Trade payables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial liabilities

At 31 December 2011 
Assets
Unlisted non-current investments
Trade receivables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial assets
Short-term investments
Cash and cash equivalents

Liabilities
Borrowings
Financial RRSPs
C Shares
Trade payables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial liabilities

1 
234 
121 
5 
495 
856 

(1,173)
– 
– 
(10)
(1,254)
(250)
(2,687)
(1,831)

1 
204 
112 
5 
50 
372 

(977)
– 
(4)
(1,095)
(252)
(2,328)
(1,956)

– 
1,176 
75 
– 
1,038 
2,289 

(205)
– 
(139)
– 
(825)
(320)
(1,489)
800 

– 
1,201 
87 
– 
657 
1,945 

(222)
(173)
– 
(812)
(308)
(1,515)
430 

Euro
£m

4 
169 
40 
– 
606 
819 

(5)
(167)
(54)
– 
(289)
(17)
(532)
287 

4 
133 
217 
– 
367 
721 

(5)
(57)
– 
(275)
(18)
(355)
366 

Other
£m

Total
£m

1 
83 
128 
6 
446 
664 

– 
– 
– 
– 
(203)
(117)
(320)
344 

5 
117 
134 
6 
236 
498 

– 
– 
– 
(174)
(140)
(314)
184 

6 
1,662 
364 
11 
2,585 
4,628 

(1,383)
(167)
(193)
(10)
(2,571)
(704)
(5,028)
(400)

10 
1,655 
550 
11 
1,310 
3,536 

(1,204)
(230)
(4)
(2,356)
(718)
(4,512)
(976)

Currency exposures
The Group’s actual currency exposures after taking account of derivative foreign currency contracts, which are not designated as hedging 
instruments for accounting purposes are as follows:

Functional currency of Group operation
At 31 December 2012 
Sterling 
US dollar
Euro
Other
At 31 December 2011 
Sterling
US dollar
Euro
Other

Sterling
£m

US dollar
£m

– 
4 
(1)
6 

– 
3 
(1)
1 

22
– 
(2)
1 

1 
– 
(1)
4 

Euro
£m

(166) 1
(6)
– 
(5)

– 
(2)
– 
1 

Other
£m

4 
5 
– 
1 

3 
10 
– 
3 

Total
£m

(140)
3 
(3)
3 

4 
11 
(2)
9 

1 Includes £167m relating to the put option on Daimler’s interest in Bergen Engines AS — see note 10.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

17  Financial instruments (continued)
Ageing beyond contractual due date of financial assets

At 31 December 2012 
Unlisted non-current asset investments
Trade receivables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial assets
Derivative financial assets
Short-term investments
Cash and cash equivalents

At 31 December 2011 
Unlisted non-current asset investments
Trade receivables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial assets
Derivative financial assets
Short-term investments
Cash and cash equivalents

Contractual maturity analysis of financial liabilities 

At 31 December 2012 
Borrowings
Derivative financial liabilities
Put option on non-controlling interests
Financial RRSPs
C Shares
Trade payables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial liabilities

At 31 December 2011 
Borrowings
Derivative financial liabilities
Financial RRSPs
C Shares
Trade payables and similar items
Other non-derivative financial liabilities

Up to
three
months
overdue
£m

Between
three
months and
one year
overdue
£m

More than
one year
overdue
£m

– 
132 
18 
– 
– 
– 
150 

– 
184 
15 
– 
– 
– 
199 

– 
43 
1 
– 
– 
– 
44 

– 
68 
– 
– 
– 
– 
68 

– 
17 
2 
– 
– 
– 
19 

– 
26 
3 
– 
– 
– 
29 

Within
terms
£m

6 
1,470 
343 
707 
11 
2,585 
5,122 

10 
1,377 
532 
418 
11 
1,310 
3,658 

Total
£m

6 
1,662 
364 
707 
11 
2,585 
5,335 

10 
1,655 
550 
418 
11 
1,310 
3,954 

Within
one year
£m

(210)
(108)
(167)
(35)
(10)
(2,568)
(694)
(3,792)

(85)
(92)
(37)
(4)
(2,353)
(715)
(3,286)

Gross values

Between
one and
two years
£m

Between
two and
five years
£m

After
five years
£m

Discounting
£m

Carrying value
£m

(257)
(103)
– 
(32)
– 
(1)
(10)
(403)

(213)
(199)
(37)
–
(1)
(2)
(452)

(403)
(138)
– 
(75)
– 
(1)
– 
(617)

(608)
(419)
(91)
– 
(1)
– 
(1,119)

(778)
(14)
– 
(100)
– 
(1)
– 
(893)

(603)
(48)
(127)
– 
(1)
(1)
(780)

265 
3 
– 
49 
– 
– 
– 
317 

305 
(38)
62 
– 
– 
–
329 

F
i
n
a
n
c
i
a

l
s
t
a
t
e
m
e
n
t
s

(1,383)
(360)
(167)
(193)
(10)
(2,571)
(704)
(5,388)

(1,204)
(796)
(230)
(4)
(2,356)
(718)
(5,308)

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

17  Financial instruments (continued)
Interest rate risk
In respect of income earning financial assets and interest bearing financial liabilities, the following table indicates their effective interest 
rates and the periods in which they reprice. The value shown is the carrying amount.

Short-term investments 1
Cash and cash equivalents 2
Unsecured bank loans
€2m floating rate loan
€5m floating rate loan
Overdrafts 3
Interest rate swaps
£200m floating rate loan
£200m floating rate loan
Unsecured bond issues
73/8% Notes 2016 £200m
6.38% Notes 2013 US$230m
Effect of interest rate swaps
6.55% Notes 2015 US$83m
Effect of interest rate swaps
6.75% Notes 2019 £500m
Effect of interest rate swaps
Other secured
Obligations under finance leases

Short-term investments 1
Cash and cash equivalents 2
Unsecured bank loans
€2m floating rate loan
€5m floating rate loan
Overdrafts 3
Interest rate swaps
£200m floating rate loan
Unsecured bond issues
73/8% Notes 2016 £200m
6.38% Notes 2013 US$230m
Effect of interest rate swaps
6.55% Notes 2015 US$83m
Effect of interest rate swaps
6.75% Notes 2019 £500m
Effect of interest rate swaps
Other secured
Obligations under finance leases

Effective 
interest rate
%
4.1927%

0.5000%
EURIBOR + 0.75

5.3225%
GBP LIBOR + 0.267
GBP LIBOR + 1.26

7.3750%
6.3800%
USD LIBOR + 1.26
6.5500%
USD LIBOR + 1.24
6.7500%
GBP LIBOR + 2.9824

Total
£m
11
2,585

(2)
(4)
– 
– 
(200)
(200)

(200)
(147)
– 
(58)
– 
(571)
– 

2012
Period in which interest rate reprices

6 months
or less
£m
9
2,585

6-12 months
£m
2
–

1-2 years
£m
–
–

2-5 years
£m
–
–

More than
5 years
£m
–
–

– 
(4)
– 
7 
(200)
(200)

– 
– 
(147)
– 
(58)
– 
(571)

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
(147)
147 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
2 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
(7)
– 
– 

(200)
– 
– 
(58)
58 
– 
– 

– 
(207)

(2)
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(571)
571 

(1)
(3)

5.0000%

(1)
1,213 

– 
1,421 

Effective 
interest rate
%
4.3782%

0.5000%
EURIBOR + 0.75

10.8775%
GBP LIBOR + 0.267

7.3750%
6.3800%
USD LIBOR + 1.26
6.5500%
USD LIBOR + 1.24
6.7500%
GBP LIBOR + 2.9824

5.0000%

2011
Period in which interest rate reprices

6 months
or less
£m
9 
1,310 

6-12 months
£m
2 
– 

1-2 years
£m
– 
– 

2-5 years
£m
– 
– 

More than
5 years
£m
– 
– 

– 
(3)
(19)
10 
(200)

– 
– 
(160)
– 
(62)
– 
(557)

– 
328 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
2 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
(160)
160 
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
(10)
– 

(200)
– 
– 
(62)
62 
– 
– 

– 
(210)

(2)
– 
– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(557)
557 

(1)
(3)

Total
£m
11 
1,310 

(2)
(3)
(19)
– 
(200)

(200)
(160)
– 
(62)
– 
(557)
– 

(1)
117 

1   Interest on the short-term investments is at fixed rates. 
2   Cash and cash equivalents comprise bank balances and demand deposits and earns interest at rates based on daily deposit rates. 
3   Overdrafts bear interest at rates linked to applicable LIBOR rates that fluctuate in accordance with local practice.

Some of the Group’s borrowings are subject to the Group meeting certain obligations, including customary financial covenants. If the 
Group fails to meet its obligations these arrangements give rights to the lenders, upon agreement, to accelerate repayment of the facilities. 
There are no rating triggers contained in any of the Group’s facilities that could require the Group to accelerate or repay any facility for a 
given movement in the Group’s credit rating.  

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

17  Financial instruments (continued)
In addition, the Group has undrawn committed borrowing facilities available as follows:

Expiring after two years

Sensitivity analysis

Sensitivities at 31 December (all other variables held constant) – impact on profit after tax and equity
Sterling 10% weaker against the US dollar
Sterling 10% stronger against the US dollar
Euro 10% weaker against the US dollar
Euro 10% stronger against the US dollar
Commodity prices 10% lower
Commodity prices 10% higher

2012
£m 
1,000 

2011 
£m
1,200 

2012
£m 
(1,073)
878 
(146)
118 
(20)
20 

2011 
£m
(1,083)
886 
(93)
78 
(15)
15 

At 31 December 2012 the Group had no material sensitivity to changes in interest rates on that date. The main interest rate sensitivity for 
the Group arises as a result of the gross up of net funds and this is mitigated as described under the interest rate risk management policies 
on page 104.  

C Shares and payments to shareholders
The Company (and previously Rolls-Royce Group plc, the former holding company) issues non-cumulative redeemable preference shares  
(C Shares) as an alternative to paying a cash dividend. C Shares in respect of a year are issued in the following year. Shareholders are able to 
redeem any number of their C Shares for cash. Any C Shares retained attract a dividend of 75 per cent of LIBOR on the 0.1p nominal value of 
each share, paid on a twice-yearly basis in arrears, and have limited voting rights. In certain circumstances the Company has the option to 
compulsorily redeem the C Shares, at any time, if the aggregate number of C Shares in issue is less than ten per cent of the aggregate 
number of C Shares issued, or on the acquisition or capital restructuring of the Company. As part of the scheme of arrangement described 
on page 78, all outstanding C Shares issued by Rolls-Royce Group plc were redeemed on 6 April 2011.

Movements in the C Shares during the year were as follows:

Issued and fully paid 
At 1 January 
Issued 
Redeemed 
C Shares in issue 
Held in employee share trust 
At 31 December 

F
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2012

2011

Millions 

Nominal value
£m

Millions

Nominal value
£m

6,371 
327,643 
(323,596)
10,418 
–
10,418 

6 
328 
(324)
10 
– 
10 

23,380 
299,522 
(316,531)
6,371 
(1,999)
4,372 

23 
300 
(317)
6 
(2)
4 

Payments to shareholders in respect of the year represent the value of C Shares to be issued in respect of the results for the year. Issues of 
C Shares were declared as follows: 

Interim 
Final 

2012

2011

Pence per
share 
7.6 
11.9
19.5

£m
142 
223
365

Pence per
share
6.9 
10.6 
17.5 

£m
129 
199 
328 

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

18  Provisions for liabilities and charges

Warranty and guarantees 
Contract loss 
Restructuring 
Customer financing 
Insurance 
Other 

Current liabilities 
Non-current liabilities 

Exchange 
differences 
£m
(3)
(1)
– 
(1)
– 
– 
(5)

Acquisitions 
 of 
businesses 
£m
7 
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
7 

Disposals 
 of 
businesses 
£m
– 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(3)
(3)

Unused 
amounts 
reversed 
£m
(18)
(8)
(1)
– 
(21)
(4)
(52)

Charged to 
income 
statement 
£m
42 
29 
– 
2 
31 
10 
114 

At 
1 January 
2012 
£m
285 
52 
6 
81 
51 
27 
502 
276 
226 

Utilised 
£m
(66)
(18)
(1)
–
(14)
(3)
(102)

At 
31 December 
2012 
£m
247 
54 
4 
82 
47 
27 
461 
220 
241 

Provisions for warranties and guarantees primarily relate to products sold and generally cover a period of up to three years.

Provisions for contract loss and restructuring are generally expected to be utilised within two years. 

Customer financing provisions cover guarantees provided for asset value and/or financing. These guarantees are considered to be 
insurance contracts in nature and provision is made in accordance with IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts and IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent 
Liabilities and Contingent Assets. These guarantees, the risks arising and the process used to assess the extent of the risk are described  
under the heading ‘Customer financing’ in the Chief Financial Officer’s review on page 14. The related contingent liabilities arising from 
these guarantees and the sensitivity to movements in the value of the underlying security are discussed in note 23. It is estimated that  
the provision will be utilised as follows:

Potential claims with specific claim dates: 

In one year or less
In more than one year but less than five years
In more than five years

Potential claims that may arise at any time up to the date of expiry of the guarantee:
  Up to one year
  Up to five years

Thereafter

2012 
£m

2011 
£m

30 
43 
8 

– 
1 
– 
82 

12 
62 
6 

– 
1 
– 
81 

The Group’s captive insurance company retains a portion of the exposures it insures on behalf of the remainder of the Group. Significant 
delays occur in the notification and settlement of claims and judgement is involved in assessing outstanding liabilities, the ultimate cost 
and timing of which cannot be known with certainty at the balance sheet date. The insurance provisions are based on information 
currently available, however it is inherent in the nature of the business that ultimate liabilities may vary. Provisions for outstanding claims 
are established to cover the outstanding expected liability as well as claims incurred but not yet reported.

Other provisions comprise a number of liabilities with varying expected utilisation rates.

19  Post-retirement benefits 
The Group operates a number of defined benefit and defined contribution schemes.

For the UK defined benefit schemes, the assets are held in separate trustee administered funds and employees are entitled to retirement 
benefits based on either their final or career average salaries and length of service.

Overseas defined benefit schemes are a mixture of funded and unfunded plans. Additionally in the US, and to a lesser extent in some other 
countries, the Group’s employment practices include the provision of healthcare and life insurance benefits for retired employees. These 
schemes are unfunded.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

19  Post-retirement benefits (continued)
The valuations of the defined benefit schemes are based on the most recent funding valuations, updated by the scheme actuaries to  
31 December 2012. The most recent funding valuations of the main UK schemes were:

Scheme
Rolls-Royce Pension Fund 
Rolls-Royce Group Pension Scheme 
Vickers Group Pension Scheme 

Amounts recognised in the income statement

Defined benefit schemes: 
Current service cost 
Past-service cost/(credit) 
Curtailment 

Defined contribution schemes 
Operating cost 
Financing in respect of defined benefit schemes: 
Expected return on assets 
Interest on liabilities 

Total income statement charge 

The operating cost is charged as follows:

Cost of sales – included in underlying profit 
Cost of sales – excluded from underlying profit 
Commercial and administrative costs 
Research and development 

Valuation date
31 March 2009 
5 April 2010 
31 March 2010

UK
schemes
£m

2012
Overseas
schemes 
£m

123 
2 
– 
125 
23 
148 

(315)
356 
41 
189 

38 
(12)
– 
26 
41 
67 

(26)
49 
23 
90 

UK
schemes
£m

2011
Overseas
schemes
£m

119 
(126)
– 
(7)
16 
9 

(381)
372 
(9)
– 

34 
(68)
(2)
(36)
38 
2 

(29)
50 
21 
23 

Total 
£m

161 
(10)
– 
151 
64 
215 

(341)
405 
64 
279 

Defined benefit

Defined contribution

Total

2012 
£m
108 
– 
33 
10 
151 

2011 
£m
114 
(204)
36 
11 
(43)

2012 
£m
46 
– 
14 
4 
64 

2011 
£m
38 
– 
12 
4 
54 

2012 
£m
154 
– 
47 
14 
215 

Total 
£m

153 
(194)
(2)
(43)
54 
11 

(410)
422 
12 
23 

2011 
£m
152 
(204)
48 
15 
11 

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The Group operates a PaySave scheme in the UK. This is a salary sacrifice scheme under which employees elect to stop making employee 
contributions and the Group makes additional contributions in return for a reduction in gross contractual pay. As a result, there is a 
decrease in wages and salaries and a corresponding increase in pension costs of £36m (2011 £35m) in the year. 

Amounts recognised in other comprehensive income 

Actuarial (loss)/gain on scheme assets 
Experience losses on scheme liabilities 
Movement in unrecognised surplus 
Movement in minimum funding liability 

2012 
£m
(10)
(777)
465 
63 
(259)

2011 
£m
1,426 
(720)
(683)
100 
123 

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

19  Post-retirement benefits (continued)

Defined benefit schemes 
Assumptions
The principal actuarial assumptions used at the balance sheet date were as follows:

Rate of increase in salaries 
Rate of increase of pensions in payment 
Discount rate 
Expected rate of return on scheme assets 
Inflation assumption * 

2012

2011

UK
schemes
%
4.1
2.5
4.4
3.1
3.0

Overseas
schemes
%
3.9
2.6
3.9
5.6
2.4

UK
schemes
%
4.2
1.7
4.7
3.4
3.1

Overseas
schemes
%
4.0
1.7
4.5
5.6
2.5

*  For the UK schemes, this is the assumption for the Retail Price Index. The Consumer Price Index is assumed to be 0.6 per cent lower. 

The discount rates are determined by reference to the market yields on AA rated corporate bonds. For the main schemes, the rate is 
determined by using the profile of forecast benefit payments to derive a weighted average discount rate from the yield curve. For other 
schemes, the rate is determined as the market yield at the average duration of the forecast benefit payments. The discount rates above are 
the weighted average of those for each scheme, based on the value of their respective liabilities.

The overall expected rate of return is calculated by weighting the individual returns expected from each asset class (see below) in 
accordance with the actual asset balance in the schemes’ investment portfolios.

The mortality assumptions adopted for the UK pension schemes are derived from the SAP actuarial tables, with future improvements in 
line with the CMI 2011 core projections and long-term improvements of 1.25 per cent. Where appropriate, these are adjusted to take 
account of the relevant scheme’s actual experience. The resulting range of life expectancies in the principal UK schemes are as follows:

Life expectancy from age 65
Current pensioner
Future pensioner currently aged 45

20.8 years
22.4 years

Other demographic assumptions have been set on advice from the relevant actuary, having regard to the latest trends in scheme 
experience and other relevant data. The assumptions are reviewed and updated as necessary as part of the periodic actuarial valuation of 
the schemes.

Assumptions in respect of overseas schemes are also set in accordance with advice from local actuaries.

The future costs of healthcare benefits are based on an assumed healthcare costs trend rate of 7.9 per cent grading down to 5.0 per cent 
over 6.7 years.

Amounts recognised in the balance sheet

Present value of funded obligations 
Fair value of scheme assets 

Present value of unfunded obligations 
Unrecognised past-service credit 1 
Unrecognised surplus 2 
Minimum funding liability 3 
Net asset/(liability) recognised in the balance sheet 
Post-retirement scheme surpluses 
Post-retirement scheme deficits 

UK
schemes
£m
(8,588)
9,794 
1,206 
– 
– 
(853)
(173)
180 
317 
(137)

2012
Overseas
schemes
£m
(609)
534 
(75)
(568)
(82)
– 
– 
(725)
12 
(737)

UK
schemes
£m
(7,713)
9,519 
1,806 
– 
– 
(1,318)
(236)
252 
495 
(243)

2011
Overseas
schemes
£m
(557)
497 
(60)
(495)
(94)
– 
– 
(649)
8 
(657)

Total 
£m
(9,197)
10,328 
1,131 
(568)
(82)
(853)
(173)
(545)
329 
(874)

Total 
£m
(8,270)
10,016 
1,746 
(495)
(94)
(1,318)
(236)
(397)
503 
(900)

1   The unrecognised past-service credit arose as a result of revisions to post-retirement healthcare schemes in 2011. It will be amortised over the remaining service lives of the 

participants (11.3 years).

2   Where a surplus has arisen on a scheme, in accordance with IAS 19 and IFRIC 14, the surplus is recognised as an asset only if it represents an unconditional economic benefit available 

to the Group in the future. Any surplus in excess of this benefit is not recognised in the balance sheet.

3   A minimum funding liability arises where the statutory funding requirements require future contributions in respect of past service that will result in a future unrecognisable surplus.

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19  Post-retirement benefits (continued)
Changes in present value of defined benefit obligations 

At 1 January 
Exchange differences 
Current service cost 
Past-service (cost)/credit
Finance cost 
Contributions by employees 
Benefits paid out 
Acquisition of businesses 
Actuarial losses 
Settlement 
At 31 December 
Funded schemes 
Unfunded schemes 

Changes in fair value of scheme assets

At 1 January 
Exchange differences 
Expected return on assets 
Contributions by employer 
Contributions by employees 
Benefits paid out 
Acquisition of businesses 
Actuarial (losses)/gains 
Settlement
At 31 December 
Actual return on scheme assets 

UK
schemes
£m
(7,713)
– 
(123)
(2)
(356)
(4)
323 
(54)
(659)
– 
(8,588)
(8,588)
– 

UK
schemes
£m
9,519 
– 
315 
250 
4 
(323)
59 
(30)
– 
9,794 
285 

2012
Overseas
schemes
£m
(1,052)
42 
(38)
– 
(49)
(2)
38 
– 
(118)
2 
(1,177)
(609)
(568)

2012
Overseas
schemes
£m
497 
(18)
26 
47 
2 
(38)
– 
20 
(2)
534 
46 

UK
schemes
£m
(7,039)
– 
(119)
126 
(372)
(4)
312 
– 
(617)
– 
(7,713)
(7,713)
– 

UK
schemes
£m
7,783 
– 
381 
256 
4 
(312)
– 
1,407 
– 
9,519 
1,788 

2011
Overseas
schemes
£m
(1,063)
– 
(34)
162 
(50)
(3)
37 
– 
(103)
2 
(1,052)
(557)
(495)

2011
Overseas
schemes
£m
434 
1 
29 
48 
3 
(37)
– 
19 
– 
497 
48 

Total 
£m
(8,765)
42 
(161)
(2)
(405)
(6)
361 
(54)
(777)
2 
(9,765)
(9,197)
(568)

Total 
£m
10,016 
(18)
341 
297 
6 
(361)
59 
(10)
(2)
10,328 
331 

Total 
£m
(8,102)
– 
(153)
288 
(422)
(7)
349 
– 
(720)
2 
(8,765)
(8,270)
(495)

Total 
£m
8,217 
1 
410 
304 
7 
(349)
– 
1,426 
– 
10,016 
1,836 

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The fair value of the scheme assets in the schemes and the expected rates of return at 31 December, were as follows: 

UK schemes: 
Liability driven investment (LDI) portfolios 1 
Longevity swap 2 
Equities 
Sovereign debt 
Corporate bonds 
Other 

2012

2011

UK

Expected
rate of
return
%

2.8
4.4
5.9
2.3
3.5
2.7
3.1

Market
value
£m

7,925 
(126)
1,095 
245 
334 
321 
9,794 

Overseas

Expected
rate of
return
%

Market
value
£m

UK

Expected
rate of
return
%

5.4
– 
7.5
– 
3.6
4.3
5.6

313 
– 
119 
– 
74 
28 
534 

3.1 
4.7 
6.0 
2.8 
4.0 
2.8 
3.4 

Overseas

Expected
rate of
return
%

Market
value
£m

5.3
– 
7.9
– 
4.0
2.5
5.6

291 
– 
118 
– 
83 
5 
497 

Market
value
£m

8,330 
(79)
1,004 
159 
13 
92 
9,519 

1   A portfolio of gilt and swap contracts, backed by LIBOR generating assets, that is designed to hedge the majority of the interest rate and inflation risks associated with the schemes’ 

obligations.

2   Under the longevity swap, the Rolls-Royce Pension Fund has agreed an average life expectancy of pensioners with a counterparty. If pensioners live longer than expected the 

counterparty will make payments to the Fund to offset the additional cost of paying pensioners. If the reverse applies, the cost of paying pensioners will be reduced but the scheme will 
be required to make payments to the counterparty.

The scheme assets do not include any of the Group’s own financial instruments, nor any property occupied by, or other assets used by, the Group.

The expected rates of return for LDI portfolios are determined by the implicit yields on the portfolios at the balance sheet date and that for 
the longevity swap by the discount rate. 

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19  Post-retirement benefits (continued)
The expected rates of return on other individual categories of scheme assets are determined by reference to gilt yields. In the UK,  
equities and corporate bonds are assumed to generate returns that exceed the return from gilts by 3.25 per cent and 0.9 per cent  
per annum respectively. 

The expected rates of return above are the weighted average of the rates for each scheme.

Future contributions
The Group expects to contribute approximately £290m to its defined benefit schemes in 2013.

Sensitivities
For the most significant schemes, the investment strategies are designed to hedge the risks from interest rates and inflation on an 
economic basis. The impacts of principal sensitivities are:

UK defined benefit obligations – 0.25% reduction in the discount rate 1
UK defined benefit assets – 0.25% reduction in interest rates 1
UK defined benefit obligations – Age ratings increase by one year 
UK defined benefit longevity swap – Age ratings increase by one year 
UK defined benefit obligations – 0.5% increase in rate of increase in salaries 
Post-retirement medical benefit obligations – 1% increase in healthcare trend rates 
Post-retirement medical benefit obligations – 1% decrease in healthcare trend rates 
Post-retirement medical benefit expense – 1% increase in healthcare trend rates 
Post-retirement medical benefit expense – 1% decrease in healthcare trend rates 

2012 
£m
(319)
458 
(199)
68 
(197)
(49) 
41
4 
(3)

2011 
£m
(298)
463 
(163)
62 
(127)
(45)
56 
4 
(5)

1   The difference arises largely due to differences in the methods used to value the obligations for accounting and economic purposes. On an economic basis the correlation is 

approximately 97 per cent.

History of defined benefit schemes 
The history of the schemes for the current and prior years is as follows: 

Balance sheet 
Present value of defined benefit obligations 
Fair value of scheme assets 
Unrecognised past-service credit 
Unrecognised surpluses 
Minimum funding liabilities 
Deficit 

Experience (losses)/gains
Actuarial (losses)/gains on scheme assets 
Experience (losses)/gains on scheme liabilities 
Movement in unrecognised surpluses 
Recognition of minimum funding liability on 1 January 2008 
Movement in minimum funding liabilities 
Total amount recognised in OCI 
Cumulative amounts recognised in OCI since 1 January 2004 

2012 
£m

2011 
£m

2010 
£m

2009 
£m

2008 
£m

(9,765)
10,328 
(82)
(853)
(173)
(545)

(10)
(777)
465 
– 
63 
(259)
(328)

(8,765)
10,016 
(94)
(1,318)
(236)
(397)

1,426 
(720)
(683)
– 
100 
123 
(69)

(8,102)
8,217 
– 
(635)
(336)
(856)

460 
(303)
(300)
– 
49 
(94)
(192)

(7,537)
7,402 
– 
(335)
(385)
(855)

(270)
(878)
707 
– 
40 
(401)
(98)

(6,546)
7,446 
– 
(1,042)
(425)
(567)

178 
766 
(928)
(491)
66 
(409)
303 

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

20 Share capital

Issued and fully paid 
Rolls-Royce Group plc 
At 1 January 2011
Proceeds from shares issued for share option schemes
At 23 May 2011
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
On formation of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
Scheme of arrangement – issue of ordinary shares of 150p each 2
Capital reduction to ordinary shares of 20p each 2
Proceeds from shares issued for share option schemes 
Redemption of shares 
At 1 January 2012
Proceeds from shares issued for share option schemes 
At 31 December 2012

1  Unless otherwise stated. 
2  See page 78. 

The rights attaching to each class of share are set out on page 68.

Non-equity

Equity

Special
Share
of £1

Preference
 shares of 
£1 each 

Nominal
value
£m

Ordinary
 shares of
20p each 1
Millions

Nominal
value
£m

1 

1

– 
1 

– 
1 

1 

– 

– 

50,000 
– 

(50,000)
– 

– 

– 

– 

– 
– 

– 
– 

– 

1,872
– 
1,872

– 
1,872 
– 
– 

1,872 
– 
1,872

374 
– 
374 

– 
2,808 
(2,434)
– 

374 
– 
374

In accordance with IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation, the Company’s non-cumulative redeemable preference shares (C Shares) are 
classified as financial liabilities. Accordingly, movements in C Shares are included in note 17.

21  Share-based payments 
Effect of share-based payment transactions on the Group’s results and financial position

Total expense recognised for equity-settled share-based payments transactions
Total expense recognised for cash-settled share-based payments transactions
Share-based payments recognised in the consolidated income statement
Liability for cash-settled share-based payment transactions

2012 
£m
49 
6 
55 
18 

2011 
£m
52 
7 
59 
9 

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Share-based payment plans in operation during the year
Performance Share Plan (PSP)
This plan involves the award of shares to participants subject to performance conditions. Vesting of the performance shares is based on the 
achievement of both non-market based conditions (EPS and cash flow per share) and a market based performance condition (Total 
Shareholder Return – TSR) over a three-year period.

ShareSave share option plan (ShareSave)
Based on a three or five-year monthly savings contract, eligible employees are granted share options with an exercise price of up to 20 per 
cent below the share price when the contract is entered into. Vesting of the options is not subject to the achievement of a performance 
target. In the UK, the plan is HM Revenue & Customs approved. Overseas, employees in 33 countries participate in cash-settled ShareSave 
plans through arrangements which provide broadly comparable benefits to the UK plan. 

Executive Share Option Plan (ESOP)
This plan involved the grant of market value share options to participants. It terminated in 2009 and no further grants may be made. 
Remaining options under the plan are subject to a non-market based performance condition (growth in EPS) and have a maximum 
contractual life of ten years.

Annual Performance Related Award (APRA) plan deferred shares
A proportion of the APRA annual incentive scheme is delivered in the form of a deferred share award. The release of deferred share awards 
is not dependent on the achievement of any further performance conditions other than that participants remain employed by the Group 
for two years from the date of the award in order to retain the full number of shares. During the two-year deferral period, participants are 
entitled to receive dividends, or equivalent, on the deferred shares. 

Further information regarding the operation of the plans can be found on pages 57 to 60 of the directors’ remuneration report.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

21  Share-based payments (continued)
Movements in the Group’s share-based payment plans during the year

Outstanding at 1 January 2012
Granted
Additional entitlements arising from TSR performance
Forfeited
Exercised
Outstanding at 31 December 2012
Exercisable at 31 December 2012

Outstanding at 1 January 2011
Granted
Additional entitlements arising from TSR performance
Additional shares accrued from reinvestment of C Shares
Forfeited
Exercised
Outstanding at 31 December 2011
Exercisable at 31 December 2011

ShareSave

ESOP

PSP

APRA

Weighted
average 
exercise price
Pence
447 
– 
– 
446 
409 
447 
– 

384 
525 
– 
– 
387 
357 
447 
– 

Number
Millions
27.5 
– 
– 
(0.6)
(0.1)
26.8 
– 

26.5 
10.6 
– 
– 
(0.9)
(8.7)
27.5 
– 

Weighted
 average 
exercise price
Pence
100 
– 
– 
– 
103 
77 
77 

125 
– 
– 
– 
– 
207 
100 
100 

Number
Millions
0.5 
– 
– 
– 
(0.4)
0.1 
0.1 

0.7 
– 
– 
– 
– 
(0.2)
0.5 
0.5 

Number
Millions
19.5 
4.3 
2.8 
(0.8)
(11.8)
14.0 
– 

19.5 
5.3 
1.1 
– 
(0.7)
(5.7)
19.5 
– 

Number
Millions
3.3 
2.0 
– 
(0.1)
(1.2)
4.0 
– 

3.1 
2.6 
– 
0.1 
(0.1)
(2.4)
3.3 
– 

As share options are exercised throughout the year, the weighted average share price during the year of 836 pence (2011 642 pence)  
is representative of the weighted average share price at the date of exercise. The closing price at 31 December 2012 was 873.5 pence  
(2011 746.5 pence).

The average remaining contractual life of exercisable options is 0.2 years (2011 1.0 years).

Share options outstanding 

Exercise prices (pence) 
At 31 December 2012
0 – 99
300 – 399
400 – 499
500 – 599

At 31 December 2011 
0 – 99
100 – 199
300 – 399
400 – 499
500 – 599

ShareSave

ESOP

Total

Weighted
 average 
remaining
contractual life
Years

Number
Millions

Weighted
 average 
remaining
contractual life
Years

Number
Millions

Weighted
 average 
remaining
contractual life
Years

Number
Millions

– 
10.5 
5.9 
10.4 
26.8 

– 
– 
10.8 
6.0 
10.7 
27.5 

– 
1.3 
0.1 
3.2 
1.8 

– 
– 
2.3 
1.1 
4.2 
2.7 

0.1 
– 
– 
– 
0.1 

0.4 
0.1 
– 
– 
– 
0.5 

0.2 
– 
– 
– 
0.2 

1.2 
0.2 
– 
– 
– 
1.0 

0.1 
10.5 
5.9 
10.4 
26.9 

0.4 
0.1 
10.8 
6.0 
10.7 
28.0 

0.2 
1.3 
0.1 
3.2 
1.8 

1.2 
0.2 
2.3 
1.1 
4.2 
2.7 

The range of exercise prices of options outstanding at 31 December 2012 was: for ShareSave between 387 pence and 525 pence  
(2011 387 pence and 525 pence); and for ESOP it was 77 pence (2011 77 pence and 188 pence).

Under the terms of the Rolls-Royce 1999 Executive Share Option Plan, options granted to three senior executives were outstanding at  
31 December 2012.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

21  Share-based payments (continued)
Fair values of share-based payments
The weighted average fair value per share of equity-settled share-based payment plans granted during the year, estimated at the date of 
grant, are as follows:

PSP – 25% TSR uplift
PSP – 50% TSR uplift
ShareSave – 3 year grant
ShareSave – 5 year grant
APRA

In estimating these fair values, the following assumptions were used:

Weighted average share price
Exercise price
Expected dividends
Expected volatility
Correlation
Expected life – PSP
Expected life – 3 year ShareSave
Expected life – 5 year ShareSave
Risk free interest rate

2012 
885p 
985p 
n/a 
n/a 
809p 

2011
662p 
737p 
210p 
238p 
612p 

PSP 

2012
809p 
n/a 
16.5p 
31%
39%
3 years
n/a
n/a
0.6%

2011 
612p 
n/a 
15.4p 
32%
36%
3 years
n/a 
n/a 
1.9%

ShareSave 
2011
691p 
525p 
16.0p 
30%
n/a 
n/a
3.3 – 3.8 years 
5.3 – 5.8 years 
1.9%

Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s share price over the seven years prior to the grant or award date. 
Expected dividends are based on the Company’s payments to shareholders in respect of the previous year.

PSP 
The fair value of shares awarded under the PSP is calculated using a pricing model that takes account of the non-entitlement to dividends 
(or equivalent) during the vesting period and the market-based performance condition based on expectations about volatility and the 
correlation of share price returns in the group of FTSE 100 companies and which incorporates into the valuation the interdependency 
between share price performance and TSR vesting. This adjustment increases the fair value of the award relative to the share price at the 
date of grant.

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ShareSave
The fair value of the options granted under the ShareSave plan is calculated using a binomial pricing model that assumes that participants 
will exercise their options at the beginning of the six-month window if the share price is greater than the exercise price. Otherwise it 
assumes that options are held until the expiration of their contractual term. This results in an expected life that falls somewhere between 
the start and end of the exercise window.

APRA
The fair value of shares awarded under APRA is calculated as the share price on the date of the award, excluding expected dividends.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

22  Operating leases
Leases as lessee

Rentals paid – hire of plant and machinery

 – hire of other assets

Non-cancellable operating lease rentals are payable as follows:
Within one year
Between one and five years
After five years

Leases as lessor

Rentals received – credited within revenue from aftermarket services
Non-cancellable operating lease rentals are receivable as follows:
Within one year
Between one and five years
After five years

2012
£m 
94 
34 

147 
490 
526 
1,163 

2012
£m
30 

2 
7 
1 
10 

2011
£m
104 
29

117 
401 
479 
997 

2011 
£m
36 

3 
8 
2 
13 

The Group acts as lessee and lessor for both land and buildings and gas turbine engines, and acts as lessee for some plant and equipment.

•	 Sublease payments of £4m (2011 £3m) and sublease receipts of £17m (2011 £23m) were recognised in the income statement in the year.
•	

 Purchase options exist on aero engines, land and buildings and plant and equipment with the period to the purchase option date 
varying between one to eight years.
 Renewal options exist on aero engines, land and buildings and plant and equipment with the period to the renewal option varying 
between one to 29 years at terms to be negotiated upon renewal.

•	

•	 Escalation clauses exist on some leases and are linked to LIBOR.
•	

 The total future minimum sublease payments expected to be made is £10m (2011 £5m) and sublease receipts expected to be received  
is £9m (2011 £4m).

23  Contingent liabilities
In connection with the sale of its products the Group will, on some occasions, provide financing support for its customers. The Group’s 
contingent liabilities relating to financing arrangements are spread over many years and relate to a number of customers and a broad 
product portfolio.

Contingent liabilities are disclosed on a discounted basis. As the directors consider the likelihood of these contingent liabilities crystallising 
to be remote, this amount does not represent a value that is expected to crystallise. However, the amounts are discounted at the Group’s 
borrowing rate to reflect better the time span over which these exposures could arise. The contingent liabilities are denominated in  
US dollars. As the Group does not generally adopt cash flow hedge accounting for forecast foreign exchange transactions, this amount  
is reported, together with the sterling equivalent at the reporting date spot rate.

The discounted values of contingent liabilities relating to delivered aircraft and other arrangements where financing is in place, less 
insurance arrangements and relevant provisions, were:

Gross contingent liabilities
Contingent liabilities net of relevant security 1
Contingent liabilities net of relevant security reduced by 20% 2
1 Security includes unrestricted cash collateral of: 

2012

£m
569 
70 
133 
64 

$m
925 
114 
216 
104 

2011

£m
612
124
201
67

$m
951
192
312
104

  2 Although sensitivity calculations are complex, the reduction of relevant security by 20 per cent illustrates the sensitivity of the contingent liability to changes in this assumption.

There are also net contingent liabilities in respect of undelivered aircraft, but it is not considered practicable to estimate these as deliveries 
can be many years in the future, and the relevant financing will only be put in place at the appropriate time.

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23  Contingent liabilities (continued)
Following a request for information from the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) about allegations of malpractice in Indonesia and China, 
investigations by Rolls-Royce have identified matters of concern in these, and in other overseas markets. The Group has passed information 
to the SFO relating to these concerns and is cooperating fully.

The consequence of these disclosures will be decided by the regulatory authorities. It is too early to predict the outcomes, but these could 
include the prosecution of individuals and of the Company. Accordingly, the potential for fines or other penalties cannot currently be 
assessed. As the investigation is ongoing it is not possible to identify the timescale in which these issues might be resolved.

Contingent liabilities exist in respect of guarantees provided by the Group in the ordinary course of business for product delivery, 
performance and reliability. The Group has, in the normal course of business, entered into arrangements in respect of export finance, 
performance bonds, countertrade obligations and minor miscellaneous items. Various Group undertakings are parties to legal actions and 
claims which arise in the ordinary course of business, some of which are for substantial amounts. As a consequence of the insolvency of an 
insurer as previously reported, the Group is no longer fully insured against known and potential claims from employees who worked for 
certain of the Group’s UK-based businesses for a period prior to the acquisition of those businesses by the Group. While the outcome of 
some of these matters cannot precisely be foreseen, the directors do not expect any of these arrangements, legal actions or claims, after 
allowing for provisions already made, to result in significant loss to the Group. The Group’s share of equity accounted entities’ contingent 
liabilities is £48m (2011 £68m).

24  Related party transactions 

Sales of goods and services to joint ventures and associates
Purchases of goods and services from joint ventures and associates
Operating lease payments to joint ventures and associates
Guarantees of joint ventures’ and associates’ borrowings
Dividends received from joint ventures and associates
RRSP receipts from joint ventures and associates
Other income received from joint ventures and associates

2012
£m 
2,937 
(3,082)
(57)
12 
129 
13 
2 

2011
£m
2,864 
(2,380)
(77)
124 
76 
13 
56 

The aggregated balances with joint ventures are shown in notes 12 and 16. Transactions with Group pension schemes are shown in note 19.

In the course of normal operations, related party transactions entered into by the Group have been contracted on an arms-length basis.

Key management personnel are deemed to be the directors and the members of the GLT as set out on pages 40 to 42. Remuneration for key 
management personnel is shown below:

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Post-retirement schemes 
Share-based payments 

2012
£m 
15
1
8
24

2011
£m
18 
1 
14 
33 

More detailed information regarding the directors’ remuneration, shareholdings, pension entitlements, share options and other long-term 
incentive plans is shown in the directors’ remuneration report on pages 57 to 67.

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

25  Acquisitions and disposals
During the year, the Group made a number of acquisitions:

•	 on 19 June 2012, Superstructure Capital Limited, a business engaged in marketing and sale of safety and risk management software  

to the aerospace industry;

•	 on 13 July 2012, PFW Aerospace UK, a business engaged in the manufacture of precision components for the aerospace industry;
 on 13 December 2012, Rolls-Royce Goodrich Engine Controls Limited (AEC, acquisition of 50 per cent not already held), a business 
•	
engaged in the development and manufacture of aero-engine controls; and

•	 on 27 December 2012, PKMJ Technical Services, Inc., a nuclear engineering services business in the US.

Recognised amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed

Intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Post-retirement scheme surpluses
Inventory
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other payables
Borrowings
Deferred tax liabilities
Provisions
Total identifiable assets and liabilities
Goodwill arising
Bargain purchase 1
Total consideration

Satisfied by:
Cash consideration
Existing shareholding

Net cash outflow arising on acquisition:
Cash consideration
Less: cash and cash equivalents acquired
Cash outflow per cash flow statement

Identifiable intangible assets comprise:
Technology, patents and licenses
Customer relationships
Other

1  Bargain purchase of £4m arising on the acquisition of AEC has been recognised as a gain within commercial and administrative costs, offset by a charge of £2m on revaluing the 

previous joint venture investment.

These acquisitions did not have a significant impact on the results for the year, and would not have done had they been acquired  
on 1 January 2012.

£m
9 
45 
5 
37 
61 
7 
(52)
(78)
(1)
(7)
26 
10 
(4)
32 

27
5
32

27
(7)
20

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2
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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

25  Acquisitions and disposals (continued)
During the year, the Group disposed of:

•	 on 27 June 2012, Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Inc. (dilution of existing shareholding to 49 per cent); and
•	 on 29 June 2012 for US$1.5 billion, the equity, programme share and related goodwill of International Aero Engines AG, which produces 

the V2500 engine for the Airbus A320 family of aircraft.

Assets and liabilities disposed

Intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Investment in joint venture
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other payables
Provisions for liabilities and charges
Net assets
Profit on disposal of businesses
Transfer of subsidiary to associate
Disposal proceeds
Cash and cash equivalents disposed
Cash inflow/(outflow) per cash flow statement

IAE 1
£m
193 
– 
13 
76 
– 
(31)
(8)
243 
699 
– 
942 
–
942

Other
£m
1
2
– 
1
1
– 
(3)
2
– 
(2)
– 
(1)
(1)

Total
£m
194 
2 
13 
77 
1
(31)
(11)
245
699 
(2) 
942 
(1)
941

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Notes to the consolidated financial statements

26 Events after the reporting period – Consolidation of Tognum AG 
On 1 January 2013, conditions were fulfilled which gave the Group certain rights that result in Tognum AG being classified as a subsidiary 
and consolidated. Rolls-Royce and Daimler AG each hold 50 per cent of the shares of Engine Holding GmbH, which itself holds approximately 
99 per cent of the shares of Tognum AG. From 25 August 2011 to 31 December 2013 the Group’s interest in Tognum was classified as a joint 
venture and equity accounted. Tognum is a premium supplier of engines, propulsion systems and components for marine, energy, defence, 
and other industrial applications (often described as ‘off-highway’ applications).

The table below sets out the illustrative effects of this business combination. These are based on: (i) a price of €26 per share (the offer  
price of the acquisition of Tognum by Engine Holding in 2011) and (ii) adjustments to reflect the fair values of Tognum’s assets and 
liabilities on the acquisition of Tognum by Engine Holding on 25 August 2011, updated where appropriate. Both these bases will be 
updated during 2013.

As part of the Engine Holding shareholders’ agreement, Daimler has the option to sell its shares in Engine Holding to Rolls-Royce for a period 
of six years from 1 January 2013. The fair value of the exercise price of this option will be recognised as a liability.

Provisional identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed

Intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Investments in joint ventures and associates
Inventory
Trade and other receivables
Taxation recoverable
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other payables
Current tax liabilities
Borrowings and other financial liabilities
Deferred tax
Provisions
Post-retirement schemes
Total identifiable assets and liabilities
Goodwill arising
Total consideration
Put option on NCI

Consideration satisfied by:
Existing shareholding
NCI

£m
1,134
572
30
764
479
46
29
240
(520)
(26)
(306)
(263)
(435)
(397)
1,347
735
2,082
(1,433)
649

1,409
673
2,082

The carrying value of the Group’s interest in Tognum before the change in classification was £1,328m. On the basis of the illustrative 
valuation, the Group will recognise a gain of £81m in 2013 as a result of re-measuring this interest.

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Company balance sheet
At 31 December 2012 

Fixed assets 
Investments – subsidiary undertakings

Creditors – amounts falling due within one year 
Financial liabilities
Amounts owed to subsidiary undertakings due within one year

Net current assets 
Total assets less current liabilities 

Capital and reserves 
Called-up share capital
Share premium account
Merger reserve
Capital redemption reserve
Other reserve
Profit and loss account
Equity shareholders' funds 

Notes

2012
£m 

2011
£m

2

3

4

5

5

5

5

11,954

11,921 

(10)
(595)
(605)
(605)
11,349

374
– 
8,893
173
63
1,846
11,349

(6)
(175)
(181)
(181)
11,740 

374 
– 
8,897 
173 
31 
2,265 
11,740 

The financial statements on pages 123 to 125 were approved by the Board on 13 February 2013 and signed on its behalf by:

Sir Simon Robertson Chairman 

Mark Morris Chief Financial Officer

Company’s registered number: 7524813

Reconciliation of movements in shareholders’ funds 
For the period ended 31 December 2012

At 1 January 2012
Profit for the year 
Arising on issue of ordinary shares 
Issue of C Shares 
Share-based payments – direct to equity 
At 31 December 2012 

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Notes to the Company financial statements 

1  Accounting policies
Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable UK Accounting Standards on the historical cost basis and on a 
going concern basis.

As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, a separate profit and loss account for the Company has not been included in these 
financial statements. As permitted by the audit fee disclosure regulations, disclosure of non-audit fees information is not included in 
respect of the Company. As permitted by FRS 1 Cash flow statements, no cash flow statement for the Company has been included. As 
permitted by FRS 8 Related party disclosures, no related party disclosures in respect of transactions between the Company and its wholly-
owned subsidiaries have been included.

Investments in subsidiary undertakings
Investments in subsidiary undertakings are reported at cost less any amounts written off.

Share-based payments
As described in the directors’ remuneration report on pages 57 to 67, the Company grants awards of its own shares to employees of its 
subsidiary undertakings, (see note 21 of the consolidated financial statements). The costs of share-based payments in respect of these 
awards are accounted for, by the Company, as an additional investment in its subsidiary undertakings. The costs are determined in 
accordance with FRS 20 Share-based payment. Any payments made by the subsidiary undertakings in respect of these arrangements are 
treated as a return of this investment.

Financial instruments
In accordance with FRS 25 Financial instruments: Presentation, the Company’s C Shares are classified as financial liabilities and held at 
amortised cost from the date of issue until redeemed.

Taxation
Provision for taxation is made at the current rate and, in accordance with FRS 19 Deferred tax, for deferred taxation at the projected rate on 
timing differences that have originated, but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

2   Investments – subsidiary undertakings

Cost:
At 1 January 2012
Cost of share-based payments in respect of employees of subsidiary undertakings less receipts from 
subsidiaries in respect of those payments
At 31 December 2012 

3  Financial liabilities
C Shares
Movements in C Shares during the year were as follows:

Issued and fully paid 
At 1 January 2012
Shares issued 
Shares redeemed 
At 31 December 2012

The rights attaching to C Shares are set out on page 68.

£m

11,921

33 
11,954

Nominal 
value
£m

6 
328
(324)
10

C Shares
of 0.1p
Millions

6,371 
327,643
(323,596)
10,418

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Notes to the Company financial statements

4   Share capital

Issued and fully paid 
At 1 January 2012
Proceeds from shares issued for share options schemes 
At 31 December 2012 

The rights attaching to each class of share are set out on page 68.

Non-equity

Equity

Special
Share
of £1 

Preference 
shares of 
£1 each

Nominal
value
£m

1 
–
1

– 

–

–

– 

–

–

Ordinary
shares of
20p each
Millions 

1,872 
–
1,872

Nominal
value
£m

374 
–
374

In accordance with FRS 25 Financial instruments: Presentation, the Company’s non-cumulative redeemable preference shares (C Shares) are 
classified as financial liabilities. Accordingly, movements in C Shares are included in note 3.

5   Movements in capital and reserves

At 1 January 2012
Profit for the year 
Proceeds from shares issued for share options schemes 
Issue of C Shares 
Redemption of C Shares 
Share-based payments – direct to equity 
At 31 December 2012

Non-distributable reserves

Merger 
reserve 
£m
8,897 
–

–
(328)
324
–
8,893

Capital
redemption
reserve 
£m
173 
–

–

–

–

–
173

Share
capital
£m
374 
–

–

–

–

–
374

Other
reserve 1
£m
31 
–

–

–

–
32
63

Profit
and loss
account
£m
2,265 
–

–

–
(324)
(95)
1,846

Total 
£m 
11,740 
–

–
(328)
–
(63)
11,349

1   The ‘Other reserve’ represents the value of share-based payments in respect of employees of subsidiary undertakings for which payment has not been received.

6  Other information
Emoluments of directors
The remuneration of the directors of the Company is shown in the directors’ remuneration report on pages 57 to 67.

Employees
The Company had no employees in 2012.

Share-based payments
Shares in the Company have been granted to employees of the Group as part of share-based payment plans, and are charged in the 
employing company.

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Subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates
At 31 December 2012

Subsidiaries incorporated within the UK – directly held
Rolls-Royce Group plc

Holding company

Subsidiaries incorporated within the UK – indirectly held
Optimized Systems and Solutions Limited
Rolls-Royce Engine Control Systems Limited
Rolls-Royce International Limited
Rolls-Royce Leasing Limited
Rolls-Royce Marine Electrical Systems Limited
Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations Limited
Rolls-Royce plc 
Rolls-Royce Power Development Limited
Rolls-Royce Power Engineering plc
Rolls-Royce Total Care Services Limited
Vinters Engineering Limited

Equipment health management and advanced data management services
Development and manufacture of aero engine controls
International support and commercial information services
Engine leasing
Marine electrical systems
Nuclear submarine propulsion systems
Principal trading company
Generation of electricity from independent power projects
Energy and marine systems
Aero engine aftermarket support services
Production, repair and overhaul of power generation, transmission and conversion 
equipment for military and commercial activities

The above companies operate principally in the UK and the effective Group interest is 100 per cent.

Subsidiaries incorporated overseas – indirectly held
Brazil

Rolls-Royce Brasil Limitada

Canada
China

Finland
France
France
Germany
Guernsey
India
India
Italy
Norway
Norway
Singapore

Sweden
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US
US

Rolls-Royce Canada Limited
Rolls-Royce Marine Manufacturing  
(Shanghai) Limited
Rolls-Royce OY AB
Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear SAS
Rolls-Royce Technical Support SARL
Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
Nightingale Insurance Limited
Rolls-Royce India Private Limited
Rolls-Royce Operations (India) Private Limited
Europea Microfusioni Aerospaziali S.p.A.
Rolls-Royce Marine AS
Bergen Engines AS
Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte Limited

Rolls-Royce AB
Data Systems & Solutions LLC
Optimized Systems and Solutions Inc.
PKMJ Technical Services, Inc.
R. Brooks Associates Inc.
Rolls-Royce Corporation
Rolls-Royce Crosspointe LLC
Rolls-Royce Energy Systems Inc.
Rolls-Royce Engine Services – Oakland Inc.
Rolls-Royce Defense Services Inc.
Rolls-Royce Marine North America Inc.

Industrial gas turbines and aero engine repair and overhaul, energy and marine aftermarket 
support services
Industrial gas turbines and aero engine sales, service and overhaul
Manufacture and supply of marine equipment and marine aftermarket  
support services
Manufacture of marine winches and propeller systems
Instrumentation and control systems and life-cycle management for nuclear power plants 
Aero engine project support
Aero engine design, development and manufacture
Insurance services
Diesel engine project management and customer support
Engineering support services
Manufacture of gas turbine engine castings
Design and manufacture of ship equipment
Design and manufacture of medium-speed diesel engines (50%)
Aero engine parts manufacturing and engine assembly, energy and marine aftermarket 
support services
Manufacture of marine propeller systems
Instrumentation and control systems and life-cycle management for nuclear power plants
Equipment health management and advanced data management services
Nuclear engineering services and software solutions 
Specialist civil nuclear reactor services
Design, development and manufacture of gas turbine engines
Manufacturing facility for aero engine parts
Energy turbine generator packages 
Aero engine repair and overhaul 
Aero engine repair and overhaul
Design and manufacture of marine equipment and marine aftermarket support services

The above companies operate principally in the country of their incorporation and the effective Group interest is 100 per cent unless 
otherwise stated.

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Subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates
At 31 December 2012

Jointly controlled entities and associates incorporated within the UK – indirectly held

Airtanker Holdings Limited 
Strategic tanker aircraft PFI project
Airtanker Services Limited
Provision of aftermarket services for strategic tanker aircraft
Alpha Partners Leasing Limited
Aero engine leasing
Composite Technology and Applications Limited 
Development of aero engine fan blades and fan cases
Genistics Holdings Limited
Trailer-mounted field mobile generator sets
Rolls-Royce Snecma Limited (UK & France) 
Aero engine collaboration
Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited (UK & France) 
Adour and RTM322 aero engine collaboration
Rolls Wood Group (Repair and Overhauls) Limited 
Industrial gas turbine repair and overhaul
TRT Limited
Aero engine turbine blade repair services
Turbine Surface Technologies Limited
Aero engine turbine surface coatings
Turbo-Union Limited (UK, Germany & Italy)
RB199 engine collaboration

Class
Ordinary

Ordinary

A Ordinary
B Ordinary
A Ordinary
B Ordinary
A Ordinary
B Ordinary
A Shares
B Shares
A Shares
B Shares
A Ordinary
B Ordinary
A Ordinary
B Ordinary
A Ordinary
B Ordinary
Ordinary
A Shares

% of 
class held
20

% of 
equity held
20

22

100
–
100
–
100
–
–
100
–
100
100
–
–
100
–
100
40
37.5

22

50

51

50

50

50

50

49.5

50

 40

The above companies operate principally in the country of their incorporation. The countries of principal operations are stated in brackets 
after the name of the company, if not the country of their incorporation.

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Subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates
At 31 December 2012

Jointly controlled entities and associates incorporated overseas – indirectly held

China

Germany

Germany

Germany

Germany

Germany

Hong Kong

India

Israel

Malaysia

Singapore

Singapore

Spain

US

US

US

US

Class
Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

A Ordinary
B Ordinary
Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Partnerships

Xian XR Aero Components Co Limited
Manufacturing facility for aero engine parts
EPI Europrop International GmbH (effective interest 35.5%)
A400M engine collaboration
EUROJET Turbo GmbH (UK, Germany, Italy & Spain) (effective interest 39%)
EJ200 engine collaboration
MTU, Turbomeca, Rolls-Royce GmbH (UK, France & Germany)
MTR390 engine collaboration
N3 Engine Overhaul Services GmbH & Co KG
Aero engine repair and overhaul
Tognum AG
Supplier of engines and power trains for marine propulsion, distributed power 
generation and industrial ‘off highway’ sectors 
Hong Kong Aero Engine Services Limited
Aero engine repair and overhaul
International Aerospace Manufacturing Private Limited
Manufacture of compressor shrouds, compressor rings, turbine blades and nozzle 
guide vanes
Techjet Aerofoils Limited
Manufacture of compressor aerofoils for gas turbines
Advanced Gas Turbine Solutions Sdn Bhd
Industrial gas turbine aftermarket services
International Engine Component Overhaul Pte Limited
Aero engine repair and overhaul
Singapore Aero Engine Services Private Limited (effective interest 39%)
Aero engine repair and overhaul
Industria de Turbo Propulsores SA
Aero engine component manufacture and maintenance
Alpha Leasing (US) LLC, Alpha Leasing (US) (No.2) LLC, Alpha Leasing (US) (No.4) LLC, 
Alpha Leasing (US) (No.5) LLC, Alpha Leasing (US) (No.6) LLC, Alpha Leasing (US) 
(No.7) LLC, Alpha Leasing (US) (No.8) LLC, Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance (US) LLC, 
Rolls-Royce & Partners Finance (US) (No.2) LLC
Aero engine leasing
Exostar LLC
Business to business internet exchange
LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc.
Development of fuel cells
Texas Aero Engine Services, LLC
Aero engine repair and overhaul

% of 
class held
49

% of 
equity held
49

28

33

33.3

50

49.5

45

50

50
50
49

50

30

46.9

50

49

50

28

33

33.3

50

49.5

45

50

50

49

50

30

46.9

–

–

49

–

Partnership

18.5

Common Stock

Partnership

Unincorporated overseas – indirectly held
US

Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTEC)
Rolls-Royce Corporation has a 50 per cent interest in this unincorporated partnership which was formed to develop and market 
jointly the T800 engine

The above companies operate principally in the country of their incorporation. The countries of principal operations are stated in brackets 
after the name of the company, if not the country of their incorporation.

In accordance with Section 410 of the Companies Act 2006, the subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates listed on pages 126 to 
128 is of those whose results or financial position, in the opinion of the directors, principally affect the financial statements. A list of all 
related undertakings will be included in the Company’s annual return to Companies House.

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Independent Auditor’s report 
to the Members of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

We have audited the financial statements of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc for the year ended 31 December 2012, set out on pages 74 to 128.  
The financial reporting framework that has been applied in the preparation of the Group financial statements is applicable law and 
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the EU. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in  
the preparation of the parent company financial statements is applicable law and UK Accounting Standards (UK Generally Accepted 
Accounting Practice).

This report is made solely to the Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our 
audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an 
auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other 
than the Company and the Company’s members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of directors and auditor
As explained more fully in the directors’ responsibilities statement set out on pages 71 and 72, the directors are responsible for the 
preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view. Our responsibility is to audit, and express 
an opinion on, the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland). Those 
standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors.

Scope of the audit of the financial statements
A description of the scope of an audit of financial statements is provided on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at  
www.frc.org.uk/auditscopeukprivate.

Opinion on financial statements
In our opinion:

•	 the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s and of the parent company’s affairs as at 31 December 2012 

and of the Group’s profit for the year then ended;

•	 the Group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the EU;
•	 the parent company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; 

and

•	 the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006; and, as regards the Group 

financial statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.

Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion:

•	 the part of the directors’ remuneration report to be audited has been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006; and
•	

 the information given in the directors’ report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the 
financial statements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following:

Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:

•	

•	

 adequate accounting records have not been kept by the parent company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from 
branches not visited by us; or
 the parent company financial statements and the part of the directors’ remuneration report to be audited are not in agreement with the 
accounting records and returns; or

•	 certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
•	 we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Under the Listing Rules we are required to review:

•	 the directors’ statement, set out on page 72 in relation to going concern;
•	

 the part of the corporate governance statement on page 43 relating to the Company’s compliance with the nine provisions of the UK 
Corporate Governance Code specified for our review; and

•	 certain elements of the report to shareholders by the Board on directors’ remuneration.

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Group five-year review
For the years ended 31 December

Income statement
Revenue
Profit before net research and development and share of results of joint ventures 
and associates
Research and development (net) 1 
Share of results of joint ventures and associates
Profit before financing
Net financing
Profit/(loss) before taxation 2 
Taxation
Profit/(loss) for the year

Attributable to:
Equity shareholders of the parent
Non-controlling interests
Profit/(loss) for the year

1 Research and development (gross)
2 Underlying profit before taxation

Earnings per ordinary share:
Underlying
Basic

2012
£m
12,161 

2011
£m
11,124

2010
£m
11,085 

2009
£m
10,414 

2,488 
(589)
173 
2,072 
633 
2,705 
(410)
2,295 

2,281 
14 
2,295 

(919)
1,429 

1,536 
(463)
116 
1,189 
(84)
1,105 
(257)
848 

850 
(2)
848 

(908)
1,157 

1,463 
(422)
93 
1,134 
(432)
702 
(159)
543 

539 
4 
543 

(923)
955 

1,458 
(379)
93 
1,172 
1,785 
2,957 
(740)
2,217 

2,221 
(4)
2,217 

(864)
915 

2008
£m
9,082 

1,191 
(403)
74 
862 
(2,754)
(1,892)
547 
(1,345)

(1,340)
(5)
(1,345)

(885)
880 

59.27p 
123.23p 

48.54p 
45.95p 

38.73p 
29.20p 

39.67p 
120.38p 

36.70p 
(73.63p)

Payments to shareholders per ordinary share

19.50p 

17.50p 

16.00p 

15.00p 

14.30p 

Balance sheet
Assets
Liabilities

Called-up share capital
Reserves
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent
Non-controlling interests

Cash flow
Cash inflow from operating activities
Cash inflow/(outflow) from investing activities
Cash (outflow)/inflow from financing activities
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 
Net funds

2012
£m 
18,115 
(12,010)
6,105 

2011
£m 
16,423 
(11,904)
4,519 

2010
£m 
16,234 
(12,255)
3,979 

2009
£m 
15,422 
(11,640)
3,782 

2008
£m 
15,348 
(13,123)
2,225 

374 
5,714 
6,088 
17 
6,105 

2012
£m
1,255 
424 
(331)
1,348 
1,317 

374 
4,144 
4,518 
1 
4,519 

2011
£m
1,306 
(2,207)
(655)
(1,556)
223 

374 
3,601 
3,975 
4 
3,979 

2010
£m
1,378 
(759)
(743)
(124)
1,533 

371 
3,411 
3,782 
– 
3,782 

2009
£m
859 
(606)
384 
637 
1,275 

369 
1,847 
2,216 
9 
2,225 

2008
£m
1,015 
(645)
(221)
149 
1,458 

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Financial calendar 2013-2014

2 May 11:00am 

AGM 
QEII Conference 
Centre London

1 July Payment of C Share dividend
1 July Allotment of C Shares 
3 July Payment of C Share redemption monies 
11 July Purchase of ordinary shares for CRIP 
participants (at the latest)  
26 July Announcement of interim results

15 November Record date 
for C Share dividend

2 January Payment of  
C Share dividend

2 January Allotment of  
C Shares

6 January Payment of  
C Share redemption monies

Apr
2013

May
2013

Jun
2013

Jul
2013

Aug
2013

Sep
2013

Oct
2013

Nov
2013

Dec
2013

Jan
2014

Feb
2014

24 April 
Ex-entitlement 
to C Shares

26 April  
Record date for 
entitlement to  
C Shares

3 June 5:00pm 
Deadline for 
receipt of C Share 
elections

3 June  
Record date for  
C Share dividend

23 October 
Ex-entitlement to  
C Shares

25 October  
Record date for 
entitlement to  
C Shares

2 December  
Deadline for receipt 
of C Share elections

31 December 
Financial year end

February  
Preliminary 
announcement 
– 2013 full year 
results

February  
Annual report 
published

Managing your shareholding
Your shareholding is managed by Computershare Investor  
Services PLC (the Registrar). When making contact with the  
Registrar please quote your Shareholder Reference Number (SRN),  
an 11-digit number that can be found on the right-hand side of  
your share certificate or in any other shareholder correspondence.  
It is very important that you keep your shareholding account  
details up to date by notifying the Registrar of any changes in  
your circumstances.

You can manage your shareholding at www.investorcentre.co.uk, 
speak to the Registrar on +44 (0)870 703 0162 (8.30am to 5.30pm 
Monday to Friday) or you can write to them at Computershare 
Investor Services PLC, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road,  
Bristol BS13 8AE.

Payments to shareholders
The Company makes payments to shareholders by issuing 
redeemable C Shares of 0.1 pence each. You can still receive cash or 
additional ordinary shares from the Company providing you 
complete a payment instruction form, which is available from the 
Registrar. Once you have submitted your payment instruction form, 
you will receive cash or additional ordinary shares each time the 
Company issues C Shares. If you choose to receive cash we 
recommend that you include your bank details on the payment 
instruction form and have payments credited directly to your bank 
account. This removes the risk of a cheque going astray in the post 
and means that cleared payments will be credited to your bank 
account on the payment date. 

Share dealing
The Registrar offers existing shareholders an internet dealing 
service at www-uk.computershare.com/investor/sharedealing.asp 
and a telephone dealing service (+44 (0)870 703 0084). The service is 
available during market hours, 8.00am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday 
excluding Bank holidays. The fee for internet dealing is 1 per cent of 
the transaction value subject to a minimum fee of £30. The fee for 
telephone dealing is 1 per cent of the transaction plus £35. Please 
note that, in addition to dealing fees, stamp duty of 0.5 per cent is 
payable on all purchases. Other share dealing facilities are available 
but we recommend that you only use a firm regulated by the 
Financial Services Authority (FSA). You can check the FSA register at  
www.fsa.gov.uk.

Your share certificate
If you sell or transfer your shares you must ensure that you have a 
valid share certificate in the name of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. 
If you place an instruction to sell your shares and cannot provide a 
valid share certificate the transaction cannot be completed and you 
will be liable for any costs incurred by the broker. Share certificates 
previously issued by either Rolls-Royce Group plc or Rolls-Royce plc 
are invalid and should be destroyed. If you are unable to locate your 
share certificates please inform the Registrar immediately. 

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ADR holders should contact the depositary, The Bank of New York 
Mellon by calling +1 888 269 2377 (toll free within the US) or 
emailing shrrelations@bnymellon.com.

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Warning to shareholders – boiler room fraud
We are aware that some shareholders might have received 
unsolicited phone calls or correspondence concerning investment 
matters. These are typically from overseas based ‘brokers’ who offer 
to sell them what often turn out to be worthless or high risk shares 
in US or UK investments. Such operations are known as ‘boiler 
rooms’ and these ‘brokers’ can be very persistent and extremely 
persuasive. You should always check that any firm calling you about 
investment opportunities is properly authorised by the FSA using 
the following web link www.fsa.gov.uk/fsaregister or by calling  
their Consumer Helpline on 0845 606 1234 (overseas callers dial  
+44 20 7066 1000). If you deal with an unauthorised firm, you  
will not be eligible to receive payment under the Financial Services  
Compensation Scheme. You will find lots of advice and information 
about protecting yourself from investment scams on the FSA 
website www.fsa.gov.uk. 

Remember the golden rule – IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT 
PROBABLY IS. 

Dividends paid on C Shares held

C Share calculation period
1 July 2012 – 31 December 2012
1 January 2012 – 30 June 2012

Previous C Share issues

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Visit www.rolls-royce.com/investors to find out more about the 
latest financial results, the share price, payments to shareholders, 
the financial calendar and shareholder services.

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You can also download the Rolls-Royce Investor Relations iPad app 
which provides the latest media and financial information.

C Share dividend rate (%)
0.441
0.516  

Record date for 
C Share dividend
16 November 2012
27 April 2012

Payment date
2 January 2013
3 July 2012

No of 
C Shares issued
per ordinary
share

Record date
for
entitlement
to C Shares

26 November 

76

106

2012
27 April
2012

Latest date
for receipt of
Payment
Instruction
Forms by
Registrar
3 December
2012
1 June
2012

Apportionment values

CGT apportionment

Price of
ordinary
shares on first
day of trading
 (p)

Value of 
C Share issues
per ordinary
shares (p)

Ordinary
shares (%)

C Shares (%)

903.288

863.25

7.6

10.6

99.17

98.79

0.83

1.21

Issue date
2 January
2013
2 July
2012

Date of
redemption
of C Shares
4 January
2013
4 July
2012

CRIP
purchase
date
7 January
2013
5 July
2012

CRIP
purchase
price (p)

906.210

888.027

For earlier C Share issues, please refer to the Group’s website.

Analysis of ordinary shareholders at 31 December 2012

Type of holder:
Individuals
Institutional and other investors
Total
Size of holding:
1 – 150
151 – 500
501 – 10,000
10,001 – 100,000
100,001 – 1,000,000
1,000,001 and over
Total

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Number of 
shareholders
208,973
6,322
215,295

67,604
109,625
36,046
1,354
460
206
215,295

% of total 
shareholders
97.06
2.94
100.00

31.40
50.92
16.74
0.63
0.21
0.10
100.00

Number 
of shares
109,156,755
1,763,146,808
1,872,303,563

6,501,027
29,132,208
58,447,201
36,087,499
161,984,671
1,580,150,957
1,872,303,563

% of total 
shares
5.83
94.17
100.00

0.35
1.55
3.12
1.93
8.65
84.40
100.00

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Business review
Introduction
Group at a glance
Chairman’s statement
Chief Executive’s review
Values, vision and strategy
Future opportunity
Chief Financial Officer’s review
Key performance indicators
Principal risks and uncertainties
Civil aerospace
Defence aerospace
Marine
Energy
Excellence in technology
Excellence in operations
Sustainability
Additional financial information

Governance
Chairman’s introduction
Board of directors
International Advisory Board (IAB)
The Group Leadership Team (GLT)
Corporate governance report
Audit committee report
Nomination committee report
Ethics committee report
Risk committee report
Safety committee report
Remuneration committee report
Directors’ remuneration report
Shareholders and share capital
Other statutory information

Financial statements
Contents

Other information
Subsidiaries, jointly controlled 
entities and associates
Independent Auditor’s report
Group five-year review
Shareholder information
Glossary

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Directors’ report
The directors’ report which includes the Business review is 
set out on pages 1 to 72. 

Forward-looking statements
This annual report contains forward-looking statements. 
Any statements that express forecasts, expectations and 
projections are not guarantees of future performance and 
will not be updated. By their nature, these statements 
involve risk and uncertainty, and a number of factors could 
cause material differences to the actual results or 
developments.

This report is intended to provide information to 
shareholders, is not designed to be relied upon by any other 
party, or for any other purpose and the Company and its 
directors accept no liability to any other person other than 
under English law.

Cover: In February 2012, we celebrated the opening of our 
new manufacturing and assembly facility in Singapore for 
large civil aero engines.

Image courtesy of: Bob Lee Keng Siang

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Glossary

ABC
ACARE

Anti-bribery and corruption
Advisory Council for Aviation Research and  
Innovation in Europe

ADR
AEBS
AGM
ANA
APB
APRA
BIS
CAD
CBE
CDP
CGU
CO2
CO2e
CPS
CRIP
DJSI
DoD
EMIR
EPS
ESOP
EU
FAA
Frc
FRC
FSA
GBP
GDP
GHG
GLT
HS&E
I&C
IAB
IAE
IAS
IASB
IFRIC

American Depositary Receipts Programme
All-Employee Bonus Scheme
Annual general meeting
All Nippon Airways
Auditing Practices Board
Annual Performance Related Award plan
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Canadian dollar
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Carbon Disclosure Project 
Cash-generating unit
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide equivalent
Cash flow per share
C Share Reinvestment Plan
Dow Jones Sustainability World and European Indexes
US Department of Defense
European Market Infrastructure Regulation
Earnings per ordinary share
Executive Share Option Plan
European Union
Federal Aviation Administration
Financial Risk Committee
Financial Reporting Council
Financial Services Authority
Great British pound or pound sterling
Gross Domestic Product
Greenhouse gas
Group Leadership Team
Health, Safety and Environment
Instrumentation and control 
International Advisory Board
IAE International Aero Engines AG
International Accounting Standards
International Accounting Standards Board
International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee

IFRS
ISO
LDI
LIBOR
LLP
LTSA
LNG
MoD
MW
NCI
NOX
OCI
OE
OECD

International Financial Reporting Standards
International Standards Organisation
Liability-driven investment
London Inter-Bank Offered Rate
Limited Liability Partnership
Long-Term Service Agreement
Liquefied Natural Gas
UK Ministry of Defence
Megawatt
Non-controlling interest
Nitrogen oxides
Other comprehensive income
Original Equipment
Organisation for Economic Cooperation  
and Development

Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Services
Over-the-counter
Political Action Committee
Public Limited Company
Performance Share Plan
Research and development
Revolving credit facility
Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals

OHSAS
OTC
PAC
PLC
PSP
R&D
RCF
REACH
Registrar Computershare Investor Services PLC
Rolls-Royce North America
RRNA
Risk and Revenue Sharing Partnerships
RRSPs
Restricted stock units
RSUs
Supply Chain Relationships in Aerospace
SCRIA
Strategic Defence and Security Review
SDSR
Serious Fraud Office
SFO
Share Incentive Plan
SIP
Shareholder Reference Number
SRN
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
STEM
Short take-off and vertical landing
STOVL
Total reportable injuries
TRI
Total Shareholder Return
TSR
UAV
Unmanned aerial vehicle
UK GAAP UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practices
USD

United States dollar

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Registered office:  
65 Buckingham Gate 
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