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13  Investments – other

 

Unlisted
investments
at cost
£m

Own shares
held under
trust1
£m
 

Total
£m

Group

 

 

At January 1, 2000

 

21

10

 
31

Additions less amortisation

 

2

 
2

At December 31, 2000

 

23

10

 
33

Company

   

At January 1, 2000

 

10

 
10

Additions less amortisation

 

 

At December 31, 2000

 

10

 
10

1Ordinary shares in the Company are held in two trusts:

i) as part of the long-term incentive plan (LTIP), the Rolls-Royce 1999 executive share option plan and other employee share schemes
(see Remuneration report on pages 30 to 36).
This independently managed trust purchased shares on the open market:

       
£m
 

June 25, 1997

672,891 at £2.42 per share

 

1.6

 

April 24, 1998

651,103 at £2.82 per share

 

1.8

 

March 26, 1999

569,800 at £2.54 per share

 

1.4

 

June 30, 1999

1,475,000 at £2.73 per share

 

4.0

At December 31, 2000, these shares had a market value of £6.7m. In accordance with UITF 17 ‘Employee share schemes', the Company is required to amortise the cost of likely awards over each separate performance measurement period and to include this charge as part of the cost of ‘wages and salaries'.

The UITF is a committee of the Accounting Standards Board.

ii) in respect of a qualifying employee share trust (QUEST), which provides employees with shares under Inland Revenue approved Save As You Earn (SAYE) share schemes. In accordance with UITF 17 (Revised), no amortisation charge has been made. At December 31, 2000, a total of 2,321,587 of these shares had still not been allocated to option holders, their market value being £4.6m. These outstanding allocations are expected to occur in 2001.

Both trusts have waived dividends and voting rights, and their costs of administration have been charged to the Company's profit and loss account.