Rolls-Royce approached for stake in Spanish engine business

Rolls-Royce has been approached by Spain’s Indra Sistemas about the possible purchase of a majority stake in its Spanish aircraft engine manufacturing business ITP Aero. The FTSE 100 aero-engine group said on Friday it had received a “preliminary and conditional indication of interest” from Indra, a Spanish technology group. Rolls-Royce said on Friday that ITP was a “key partner” and that it “intends to retain a long-term relationship with the business” regardless of any deal that takes place with Indra.