Annual General Meeting (AGM)

The 2010 AGM was held at 11.00am on Wednesday 28 April, 2010 at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE. All resolutions were duly passed with votes representing 65.94% of the issued share capital having been recorded.

New Articles of Association

The meeting adopted new articles of association to reflect the implementation of the remaining provisions of the Companies Act 2006 and amendments to the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001 both of which came into force on October 1, 2009 and the enactment of the Shareholders’ Rights Regulations which came into effect on August 3, 2009. An explanation of the main changes between the New Articles and the Existing Articles is set out in Appendix 2 to the Notice and a copy of the New Articles of Association and of the previous Articles marked to show all proposed changes are set out below.

Voting

Voting on each resolution was by way of poll which ensured that all votes submitted by proxy were counted. The result of the poll is set out below.

Documents

Please click on the links below to access the following documents relating to this year’s AGM:

• Poll results AGM 2010  (PDF,37 Kb)
• Sir John Rose 2010 AGM presentation  (PDF,1674 Kb)
• Sir John Rose 2010 AGM presentation script  (PDF,130 Kb)
• Annual report 2009  (PDF,3707 Kb)
• Notice of AGM 2010  (PDF,126 Kb)
• New Articles of Association  (PDF,760 Kb)
• Marked up version of the previous Articles of Association  (PDF,777 Kb)
• Sample Proxy Form and Admittance Card  (PDF,175 Kb)
• Notification of publication of Annual report for shareholders consenting to web delivery of shareholder documents  (PDF,152 Kb) 

Registering your email address for shareholder communications

Delivery of shareholder communications by email and website is cost effective and also helps to reduce our impact on the environment.  We will donate £1 to the Woodland Trust for their ‘Tree for All’ programme for every shareholder registering their email address using the eTree™ website. You will need to quote your Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) as printed on the proxy form.
www.etreeuk.com/rolls-royce

Queries

Shareholders can administer their account at www.investorcentre.co.uk. You will need to have your Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) as printed on the proxy form to register for this service. Alternatively, you can speak to a member of the Registrar’s Rolls-Royce team by calling +44 (0)870 703 0162 between 8.30am and 5.30pm Monday to Friday or can write to them at Computershare Investor Services PLC, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS13 8AE.