Who Owns Rolls-Royce Holdings plc?
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Ownership Chain
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational aerospace and defence company that develops and delivers complex power and propulsion systems for safety-critical applications in aviation, marine, energy and other industries.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational aerospace and defence company that develops and delivers complex power and propulsion systems for safety-critical applications in aviation, marine, energy and other industries.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Major Shareholders
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | Voting | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc. Largest disclosed shareholder. Institutional ownership tables report BlackRock holding about 660.3m ordinary shares, or 7.89% of Rolls‑Royce’s outstanding equity as of 3 November 2025. | Institutional | 7.9% | — | Nov 2025 |
Capital Research and Management Company (Capital Group) Large active asset manager (Capital Group) with an approximately 7.58% stake (about 634.8m shares) reported in institutional ownership data as of 3 November 2025. | Institutional | 7.6% | — | Nov 2025 |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. Major index and ETF provider; disclosed holding of roughly 424.9m shares, or about 5.08% of the company as of 3 November 2025. | Institutional | 5.1% | — | Nov 2025 |
Harris Associates LP Chicago‑based value manager. MarketScreener’s shareholder register aggregates regulatory disclosures showing Harris Associates at about 424.4m shares, or roughly 5.05% of Rolls‑Royce. The underlying filing date is not specified but the table is current on the site as of December 2025. | Institutional | 5.0% | — | — |
Causeway Capital Management LLC Los Angeles‑based institutional manager. Listed by MarketScreener with an estimated 5.05% holding (around 424.4m shares), based on UK major‑shareholder disclosure data. | Institutional | 5.0% | — | — |
Massachusetts Financial Services Co. (MFS) Global active manager MFS is shown in MarketScreener’s register with roughly 420.1m shares, corresponding to an ownership stake of about 5.0%. | Institutional | 5.0% | — | — |
FMR LLC (Fidelity Investments) Parent of Fidelity mutual funds and mandates. Institutional holder lists show FMR with about 311.5m shares (3.72%) as of 3 November 2025. MarketScreener also reports a similar but slightly lower stake under Fidelity Management & Research. | Institutional | 3.7% | — | Nov 2025 |
WCM Investment Management, LLC U.S.‑based growth‑equity manager. Reported to own roughly 255.7m shares (about 3.06% of outstanding equity) as of 3 November 2025. | Institutional | 3.1% | — | Nov 2025 |
Norges Bank Investment Management (Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global) Asset‑management arm of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund. Institutional ownership data shows a stake of about 171.4m shares, or 2.05%, as of 3 November 2025; the fund‑level disclosure for Government Pension Fund Global is of similar magnitude. | Institutional | 2.0% | — | Nov 2025 |
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited Asset‑management arm of HSBC. Listed among top institutional holders with an estimated 163.4m shares (around 1.95%) as of 3 November 2025. | Institutional | 1.9% | — | Nov 2025 |
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd. UK retail investment platform and asset manager. Reported as holding about 157.2m shares, or 1.88% of Rolls‑Royce, largely on behalf of underlying retail clients, as of 3 November 2025. | Institutional | 1.9% | — | Nov 2025 |
UBS Asset Management AG Asset‑management division of UBS. Shown as a top shareholder with approximately 153.6m shares (1.84%) as of 3 November 2025. | Institutional | 1.8% | — | Nov 2025 |
abrdn plc (Aberdeen Group Plc) UK‑based asset manager (abrdn). Institutional holder tables show an interest of about 147.2m shares, equal to roughly 1.76% of shares outstanding, as of early November 2025. | Institutional | 1.8% | — | Nov 2025 |
UK Government (Special Rights ‘Golden’ Share) The UK Government retains one Special Rights share of £1 in Rolls‑Royce. Regulatory voting‑rights announcements describe this as a non‑voting special share that does not participate in profits but carries special protections in the articles of association (the classic “golden share” structure used in strategic defence‑related companies). As only one such share exists versus more than 8.4 billion ordinary shares, its economic ownership is effectively 0% but it is significant from a control and national‑security standpoint. | Government | 0.0% | 0.0% | Oct 2025 |
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