Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Rolls-Royce declined to comment. Rolls-Royce upgraded its full-year profit guidance at the half-year stage last July, increasing the top end of its operating profit guidance by 300 million Pounds, to 3.2 billion Pounds, and its free cash flow by 200 million Pounds ($270 million), to 3.1 billion Pounds ($4.1 billion), according to its latest guidance. Rolls-Royce had launched a 1 billion Pound ($1.3 billion)share buyback around this time last year, as it reported results.

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