Rolls Royce Energy Systems

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

Trading name	Rolls-Royce
Type	Public limited company
Traded as	:  FTSE 100 Component
Industry	Aerospace, Defence, Energy, Marine
Predecessor	Rolls-Royce Group plc Rolls-Royce plc
Founded	(business) 1904; 113 years ago (1904), in Manchester, Lancashire, England (company) inc. February 2011
Founder	Charles Rolls and Henry Royce
Headquarters	Buckingham Gate, London, SW1
Key people	Ian Davis (Chairman) Warren East (CEO)
Products	Civil and military aero engines Marine propulsion systems Power generation equipment
Revenue	£14,955 million (2016)
Operating income	£44 million (2016)
Net income	£(4,032) million (2016)
Total assets	£25,538 million (2016)
Total equity	£1,862 million (2016)
Number of employees	49,900 (2016)
Subsidiaries	Subsidiaries include: Rolls-Royce plc -Rolls-Royce North America -Rolls-Royce AB -Rolls-Royce Deutschland -Rolls-Royce India Private Limited -Rolls-Royce Marine Power Op -Vinters Engineering Limited -Rolls-Royce Controls and Data Services -Rolls-Royce Power Systems - Bergen Marine Joint ventures include: - Rolls-Royce Turbomeca - MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce
Website	rolls-royce.com

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational public limited company incorporated in February 2011 that owns Rolls-Royce, a business established in 1904 and today designs, manufactures and distributes power systems for aviation and other industries. Rolls-Royce is the world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines and has major businesses in the marine propulsion and energy sectors. All of its shares are tradeable on the and other markets.

Rolls-Royce was the world's 16th-largest defence contractor in 2011 and 2012 when measured by defence revenues. It had an announced order book of £71.6 billion as of January 2014.

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. As of June 2013, it had a market capitalisation of £22.22 billion, the 24th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. Its headquarters are in London.

Rolls-Royce grew from the engineering business of F H Royce which was established in 1884 and ten years later began to manufacture dynamos and electric cranes. C S Rolls established a separate business with F H Royce in 1904 because Royce had developed a range of cars which Rolls wanted to sell. A corporate owner was incorporated in 1906 with the name Rolls-Royce Limited.

In 1971 the same company, Rolls-Royce Limited, entered voluntary liquidation because it was unable to meet its financial obligations though it remains in existence today, still in liquidation, with a file number for its name. Its business and assets were bought by the government using a company created for the purpose named Rolls-Royce (1971) limited. This (1971) company remains in existence today and carries on Rolls-Royce business under the name Rolls-Royce plc.

Rolls-Royce plc returned to the sharemarkets in 1987 under the government of Margaret Thatcher. In 2003 ownership of Rolls-Royce plc was passed to Rolls-Royce Group plc incorporated 21 March 2003 which issued its own new shares for payment to the previous shareholders. In 2011 in the same way Rolls-Royce Group plc passed ownership on 23 May 2011 to Rolls-Royce Holdings plc a wholly new company incorporated 10 February 2011.