Directors' remuneration report

Directors' share interests

The directors who held office at December 31, 2008 and their connected persons had the following interests in the ordinary shares and B Shares1 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 as shown in the following table:


 
Ordinary shares
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B Shares
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  January 1,
2008 *
Changes in
2008
December 31,
2008 §
January 1,
2008 *
Changes in
2008
December 31,
2008 §
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James Guyette 255,152 95,729 350,881
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Sir John Rose2 864,276 222,042 1,086,318
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Andrew Shilston 260,626 103,111 363,737
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Colin Smith 71,901 31,864 103,765
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Mike Terrett 293,786 79,031 372,817
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Helen Alexander CBE 1,000 21 1,021
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Peter Byrom 159,383 44,576 203,959
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Iain Conn 8,386 3,355 11,741 28,504 (28,504)
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Professor Peter Gregson 1,219 1,219
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Dr John McAdam3
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John Neill CBE4
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John Rishton 519 2,878 3,397
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Simon Robertson 27,233 10,992 38,225
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Ian Strachan 11,500 11,500
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Carl Symon5 7,049 52 7,101
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* or date of appointment if later.
§ or date of retirement if earlier.

1Non-cumulative redeemable convertible preference shares of 0.1p each.

2Sir John Rose had a non-beneficial interest in 45,191 (2007: 43,932) ordinary shares.

3Dr John McAdam was appointed as a non-executive director with effect from February 19, 2008.

4John Neill CBE was appointed as a non-executive director with effect from November 13, 2008.

5Carl Symon retired as a non-executive director with effect from May 7, 2008.

Director’s interests in the Company’s share plans are shown separately on pages: Share Incentive Plan; share options; Annual Performance Related Award plan; and page Performance Share Plan. No director had any other interests, beneficial or otherwise, in the share capital of the Company or any of its subsidiaries as at December 31, 2008.

Changes in the interests of the directors between December 31, 2008 and February 11, 2009 are listed below:


  • On January 2, 2009, Simon Robertson was allotted 2,186,470 non-cumulative redeemable preference shares of 0.1p each (C Shares).
  • On January 6, 2009, the following directors purchased ordinary shares under the C Share Reinvestment Plan: James Guyette 5,502; Andrew Shilston 5,703; Colin Smith 1,526; Mike Terrett 5,845; Peter Byrom 3,194; Iain Conn 173; Professor Peter Gregson 15 and John Rishton 43.
  • The following directors purchased ordinary shares under arrangements made for non-executive directors to purchase shares on a monthly basis using a percentage of their after tax fees:
    On January 7, 2009, Iain Conn 276; Professor Peter Gregson 108; John Neill CBE 276; and John Rishton 276 and on February 9, 2009, Iain Conn 297; Professor Peter Gregson 116; John Neill CBE 297; and John Rishton 297.
  • On February 2, 2009, Colin Smith exercised a ShareSave option under the Rolls-Royce International ShareSave Plan and was allotted 2,396 ordinary shares.
  • On February 2, 2009, James Guyette exercised a ShareSave option under the Rolls-Royce International ShareSave Plan and was allotted 65 ordinary shares.

'Partnership Shares’ held in trust under the


 
Ordinary shares
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  January 1,
2008
Changes in
2008
December 31,
2008
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Sir John Rose 2,3 3,214 (875) 2,339
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Andrew Shilston 2,3 2,944 (603) 2,341
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Colin Smith 2,3 3,214 (875) 2,339
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Mike Terrett2,3 3,213 (871) 2,342
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'Free Shares' held in trust under the


 
Ordinary shares
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  January 1,
2008
Changes in
2008
December 31,
2008
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Sir John Rose 4 6,593 (3,906) 2,687
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Andrew Shilston 4 4,989 (319) 4,670
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Colin Smith 4 2,352 751 3,103
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Mike Terrett4 1,395 41 1,436
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'Unrestricted Shares' held in trust under the


 
Ordinary shares
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  January 1,
2008
Changes in
2008
December 31,
2008
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Sir John Rose 3,5 208 5,470 5,678
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Andrew Shilston 3,5 2,235 2,235
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Colin Smith 3,5 208 1375 1,583
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Mike Terrett3,5 106 1,367 1,473
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1 Under the Share Incentive Plan (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 Company.

2 On January 2, 2009, C Shares were awarded under the ‘Partnership Shares’ element of the SIP to Sir John Rose 138,080; Andrew Shilston 138,195; Colin Smith 138,080 and Mike Terrett 138,080.

3 Sir John Rose, Andrew Shilston, Colin Smith and Mike Terrett purchased 36 ordinary shares each on January 7, 2009 and 38 ordinary shares each on February 9, 2009 under the HM Revenue & Customs approved Share Incentive Plan. On January 7, 2009 and February 9, 2009 the ordinary shares held as Partnership Shares by Sir John Rose 81 and 78; Andrew Shilston 82 and 78; Colin Smith 81 and 78 and Mike Terrett 83 and 79 were classified as Unrestricted Shares.

4 On January 2, 2009, C Shares were awarded under the ‘Free Shares’ element of the SIP to Sir John Rose 153,697; Andrew Shilston 267,124; Colin Smith 177,492 and Mike Terrett 82,140.

5 On January 2, 2009, C Shares were awarded under the ‘Unrestricted Shares’ element of the SIP to Sir John Rose 315,744; Andrew Shilston 118,804; Colin Smith 81,510 and Mike Terrett 75,389.