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Rolls-Royce: Incident Is Specific To The Trent 900 Engine

Today : Monday 8 November 2010
Rolls-Royce PLC (RR.LN), an integrated power systems company announced Monday it has made progress in understanding the cause of the engine failure on the Trent 900 powered A380 Qantas flight QF32 on November 4, 2010 and has found that this incident is specific to the Trent 900 engine.

MAIN FACTS:

-As a result, a series of checks and inspections has been agreed with Airbus, with operators of the Trent 900 powered A380 and with the airworthiness authorities.

-These are being progressively completed which is allowing a resumption of operation of aircraft in full compliance with all safety standards.

-The company is working in close cooperation with Airbus, its customers and the authorities, and as always safety remains its highest priority.

-The company can be certain that the separate Trent 1000 event which occurred in August 2010 on a test bed in Derby is unconnected.

-This incident happened during a development program with an engine operating outside normal parameters.

-The company understands the cause and a solution has been implemented.

-The Trent 900 incident is the first of its kind to occur on a large civil Rolls-Royce engine since 1994.

-Since then Rolls-Royce has accumulated 142 million hours of flight on Trent and RB211 engines.

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November 9 2010

ROLLS-ROYCE WINS $1.2 BILLION ORDER FROM
CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES AND AGREES ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIP

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won an order worth $1.2bn,
at list prices, from China Eastern Airlines for Trent 700 engines to power
16 Airbus A330 aircraft. The order includes a TotalCare� long-term service
agreement.

Rolls-Royce and China Eastern Airlines have also formed a Carbon Partnership,
which aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 190,000 tonnes in its first year. The
partnership will see Rolls-Royce provide a fuel management service for the
airline's fleet of more than 300 aircraft. It will also supply enhanced
performance kits to upgrade the Trent 700 engines on China Eastern Airlines'
20 existing A330s.

China Eastern, which will bring its new A330s into service from 2011, was the
first airline in mainland China to use Trent technology when it received
Trent 500 engines for its Airbus A340 aircraft in 2003.

Steve Miller, Rolls-Royce, Civil Aerospace Vice President - China, said: "We
are delighted that China Eastern continues to put its trust in our leading-edge
Trent technology underpinned by a TotalCare� support package that offers
operational and performance benefits. We also look forward to assisting
China Eastern in its efforts to reduce its environmental impact."

Liu Shaoyong, Chairman, China Eastern, said: "We have found the Trent 700 to be
extremely effective in service and are pleased to select it for our latest
aircraft. We also look forward to working with Rolls-Royce through our
Carbon Partnership which we anticipate will reduce fuel consumption by at least
two per cent in its first year alone, the equivalent of a 190,000-tonne reduction
in CO2, which equates to the amount of CO2 produced by 80,000 cars over the
same period."

The Trent 700 is the only engine specifically designed for the Airbus A330 and
over 1,000 are now in service or on firm order. The engine remains the market
leader for the aircraft, capturing 75 per cent of orders over the last three
years. The engine offers outstanding levels of performance and delivers the
best payload capacity.

Malaysian Airline CEO: No Plans To Defer A380 Order

Today : Wednesday 10 November 2010
Malaysian Airline System Bhd. (3786.KU) said Wednesday that it will keep its order for Airbus A380 superjumbo jets for now, despite recent problems relating to an engine blowout on a Qantas Airways Ltd. (QAN.AU) A380 last week.

"At this point, it is premature to speculate on the actual cause of the engine failure. As such, we have no plans to either defer the A380, or re-evaluate our choice of engine," Chief Executive Azmil Zahruddin told Dow Jones Newswires.

The national carrier has six A380 planes on order with the first to be delivered in the first half of 2012. The planes are to be powered by Rolls Royce (RR.LN) Trent 900 engines, the same type of engine on the troubled Qantas jet last week.

Azmil said the airline will monitor the situation "very closely" and is "in touch with the manufacturers." He declined to provide more details.

Another A380-operator, Singapore Airlines (C6L.SG), said Wednesday that it has grounded three of its 11 superjumbo jets to carry out precautionary engine changes. Qantas last week grounded all six of its A380s following the engine blowout on one of its planes.

Rolls-Royce A380 engine had 'manufacturing fault'

Air safety investigators in Australia say they have identified a serious manufacturing fault with some engines fitted to Airbus A380 passenger jets.

6 June 2011

PUBLIC TAKEOVER OFFER BY DAIMLER AND ROLLS-ROYCE FOR TOGNUM SUCCESSFUL -
COMPANIES NOW JOINTLY HOLD 60 PER CENT

* 58.35 per cent of shareholders accept the offer

* Important milestone in the takeover process of Tognum AG

* Additional acceptance period for the offer expires on June 20, 24.00 hrs
(CET)

* Daimler and Rolls-Royce expect further shares to be tendered during
additional acceptance period

* Tognum Management and Supervisory Board have tendered their shares

* Combination creates strong foundation for future growth

Stuttgart/London - Following the expiry of the acceptance period for its public
takeover offer for Tognum AG, Daimler AG and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc now hold
a total of 59.87 per cent of Tognum shares through their Joint Venture Engine
Holding GmbH. The bidders received acceptance declarations for an expected
equivalent of 58.35 per cent of the share capital of Tognum AG (about
76,657,611 million shares). The current total of 59.87 also includes around 1.5
per cent of the share capital (about 2 million shares) that was acquired by the
Joint Venture on the stock market during the acceptance period.

Daimler and Rolls-Royce are very pleased with this convincing result. It
represents a milestone in the takeover process of Tognum AG and lays a strong
foundation for the future co-operation of the three companies.

Since the 30 per cent threshold required for the takeover offer has been
exceeded, an additional acceptance period of two weeks is granted in accordance
with German law. Therefore, remaining shareholders can tender their shares into
the offer from June 7 to June 20, 24:00 hrs (CET). Daimler and Rolls-Royce
expect further shares to be tendered during the additional acceptance period.

By combining the strengths, technology and market access of Daimler,
Rolls-Royce and Tognum, the joint venture will establish a leading industrial
engine systems and solutions company, offering a broad portfolio of products,
services and integrated solutions on a worldwide basis.

On April 6, 2011, Daimler and Rolls-Royce made a public takeover offer to
purchase all outstanding shares of Tognum AG through their joint venture. The
offer was increased by two Euros to 26 Euro per Tognum share on May 16. The
Supervisory and Management Boards of Tognum AG fully support the attractive
offer and already have tendered their shares. The Executive and the Supervisory
Board recommend the acceptance of the offer to all shareholders of Tognum AG.

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (RR.LN), a global power systems company, said Thursday it has been awarded a GBP50 million contract by Swire Pacific Offshore to supply advanced anchor handling systems for four offshore vessels, currently under construction in Singapore.

MAIN FACTS:

-Rolls-Royce will supply a complete deck machinery system to each of the four vessels, which are being built at the ST Marine Singapore shipyard.

And yesterday.

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (RR.LN), a global power systems company, said Wednesday it has won new orders totaling over GBP22 million for its technologically-advanced Bergen reciprocating engines.

MAIN FACTS:

-Orders will be used to provide electricity and heat for industrial uses in Russia, Spain and Holland.

-Shares at 0915 GMT up 3 pence, or 0.5%, at 639 pence valuing the company at GBP11.978 billion.

Tuesday

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC, a global power systems company, announced Tuesday an GBP11 million order to design and equip two offshore service vessels for Italian ship owner Fratelli D'Amato.

MAIN FACTS:

-These UT 755 XL vessels will carry out operations in the offshore oil and gas sector and will be built at the Rosetti Marino S.p.A (YRM.MI) shipyard in Italy.

-The order includes an integrated system of Rolls-Royce equipment including thrusters for maneuvering, rudders, propellers, deck machinery and a bulk handling system for the safe loading of fluids and solid cargo.

-The vessels are due to be delivered by the end of 2013.

-This order will bring Fratelli D'Amato's fleet of Rolls-Royce UT vessels to eight.

Half Yearly Report.

Group Highlights

- 8.7bn of new orders: record order book of 61.4bn.

- Underlying revenues up four per cent to 5.46bn.

- Underlying profit before tax, up 28 per cent to 595m, benefiting from one-off
trading items.

- First half payment to shareholders up eight per cent to 6.9 pence per share.

- Exclusive agreement to power the Airbus A350-1000.

- Over 94 per cent of shares secured in the joint Public Tender Offer for
Tognum AG.

- Full year Group profit guidance for 2011 confirmed.

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Long (Dec Contract) spread bet @ 586.1

Stop to entry for risk free trade.

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Stop to 596.1 to lock in + 10

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Contract Win.


Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded a $99.9 million
MissionCare contract by the US Department of Defense Naval Air Systems Command
at Patuxent River to provide support for the F405 (Adour) engines that power
the US Navy's T-45 training aircraft.

Hope you are still long Chris!.





Rolls-Royce Holdings
Re Joint Venture

12 OCTOBER 2011

ROLLS-ROYCE AND PRATT & WHITNEY ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP TO DEVELOP NEXT
GENERATION ENGINES FOR MID-SIZE AIRCRAFT AND RESTRUCTURING OF IAE COLLABORATION

* New joint venture with Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney to develop new engines
for future generation mid-size aircraft

* Pratt & Whitney to purchase Rolls-Royce share of International Aero Engines
(IAE)

1. New Joint Venture

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, and Pratt & Whitney, a United
Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, are pleased to announce an agreement to
form a new partnership to power future mid-size aircraft (120 - 230 passenger
aircraft). The two companies will establish a joint venture company, in which
each will hold an equal share, to develop new engines for the next generation
of aircraft that will replace the existing mid-size fleet. The new venture will
draw on the most advanced technology from two world-class companies to drive
enhanced performance for this fast growing segment in which worldwide demand
for around 20,000 new aircraft (or nearly 45,000 engines) is predicted over the
next 20 years.

This new joint venture will focus on high bypass ratio geared turbofan
technology. In addition, the venture will collaborate on future studies for
next generation propulsion systems, including advanced geared engines, open
rotor technology and other advanced configurations.

The new collaboration brings together complementary technological resources and
is designed to offer the best, most competitive response to customer demand for
the next generation powerplant in the mid-size segment. The collaboration could
bring about significant value for customers as both parties are able to benefit
from each other's strengths.

The new joint venture between Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce also benefits
from the success of the V2500 and the PurePower engine in establishing a broad
customer base. It builds on the long-standing and successful partnership
between Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce in the mid-size segment. Japanese Aero
Engine Corporation (JAEC) and MTU Aero Engines (MTU), partners of IAE and the
PurePower PW1100G-JM (Geared Turbofan) programme for the Airbus A320 New
Engine Option (neo), also intend to join the new collaboration.

2. Rolls-Royceand Pratt & Whitney restructure IAE participation

As well as establishing the new partnership, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney
will restructure their participation in IAE, which produces the V2500 engine
for the A320 family of aircraft. Under the terms of the agreement Rolls-Royce
will sell its equity and programme shares in IAE to Pratt & Whitney for $1.5
billion and in addition receive an agreed payment for each hour flown by the
current installed fleet of V2500-powered aircraft for fifteen years from
completion of the transaction.

Under the continuing leadership of Pratt & Whitney, JAEC, and MTU, IAE will
continue to deliver the same high-quality product and customer support without
interruption. Rolls-Royce remains committed to IAE and its customers and will
continue to be responsible for the manufacture of high-pressure
compressors, fan blades and discs as well as the provision of engineering
support and final assembly of 50 per cent of V2500 engines.

Since its creation almost thirty years ago IAE has become a major force in
international aviation with approximately 4,500 V2500 engines in service and
approximately 2,000 on order.

"Today's announcement charts a clear course for the future of Rolls-Royce in
the important mid-size aircraft segment," said Mark King, President - Civil
Aerospace, Rolls-Royce. "We are building on many years of successful
collaboration with Pratt & Whitney in this segment to develop advanced aero
engines, which we are confident will set new standards in aviation technology,
performance and fuel efficiency."

"These agreements position Pratt & Whitney, JAEC, MTU and IAE to best serve the
needs of their customers for all of the A320 aircraft family," said Todd
Kallman, President, Commercial Engines and Global Services, Pratt and Whitney.
"We are delighted to collaborate with Rolls-Royce, with its complementary
capabilities, as we look forward to the next generation of aircraft engines
that will offer even greater operational and environmental benefits."

In addition, Rolls-Royce will make a modest financial investment in the
PurePower PW1100G-JM (Geared Turbofan) engine for the Airbus A320 New Engine
Option (neo) programme.

These transactions are subject to various closing conditions including
regulatory approvals.

3. Financial implications for Rolls-Royce

These transactions are not expected to have a significant impact on the 2011
trading performance nor the financial guidance provided for 2011, as last
updated with the Group's half yearly results on 29 July 2011.

Looking forward, the restructuring of our involvement in IAE will produce a
number of important effects on trading performance. These include net cash
proceeds of circa $1.5bn subject to some working capital adjustments when the
transactions complete, and improvements in the trading performance over coming
years. The cash proceeds will be retained for general corporate purposes. The
effect of these transactions on Civil Aerospace will be to improve trading
profitability over the next few years, with the full year improvement in
operating profits expected to be more than 140m in the first year, with a
slowly diminishing contribution in successive years depending on the
utilisation of the current V2500 fleet. Overall the majority of value to
Rolls-Royce will be derived from flight hour payments due over the next fifteen
years.