Was Rolls-Royce convicted of bribery in 2017?

confidence: highas of 31 Oct 2026

Confirmed fact · as of 31 Oct 2026

In January 2017 Rolls-Royce plc (the group's principal operating company) entered a GBP 497.25 million deferred prosecution agreement with the UK Serious Fraud Office, with parallel US and Brazil resolutions. A DPA is a court-approved agreement, not a conviction. The full chronology and primary sources are set out in the linked issue record on IssueAndOutcome.

A UK Serious Fraud Office, SFO completes £497.25m Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Rolls-Royce PLC (17 Jan 2017) · retrieved 31 Oct 2026

Reasoning

Summarised from the cross-linked, separately fact-checked issue record and its primary sources.

A claim review answers one narrow factual question from the cited sources. It is not a verdict on the company.