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Leonardo S.p.A.

Earnings Release May 5, 2022

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1Q 2022 Results Presentation

Rome

5 May 2022

  • Q&A
  • Sector results
  • Appendix

Key messages Alessandro Profumo, Chief Executive Officer

• Financial review Alessandra Genco, Chief Financial Officer

Good start to the year: progressing well with our plans

First step to achieve our FY2022 Guidance

GOOD START TO THE YEAR IN LINE WITH EXPECTATIONS

STRONG DEMAND FROM DEFENCE AND GOVERNMENTAL MARKETS

CLEAR RECOVERY PATH IN AEROSTRUCTURES

  • Back on a growth path
  • Progressing well with our plans
  • Order intake of € 3.8 bn, up 10.8% with no jumbo orders included
  • Backlog at € 36.3 bn
  • Revenues at € 3.0 bn, up 7.7% YoY
  • EBITA at € 132 mln, up 38.9% YoY
  • RoS at 4.4%, up 1.0 p.p.
  • FOCF at € -1.1 bn, up over 300 million YoY
  • S&P revised outlook to positive
  • Reconfirming 2022 guidance
  • Leveraging on our exposure in key domestic markets
  • Good continued demand in export markets
  • Well positioned in markets that are committed to growing their defence spending
  • Moving towards closer European co-operation
  • Airbus production recovering
  • Boeing 787 deliveries resuming

Strategic progress update: taking actions on portfolio

Disposal of Global Enterprise Solutions and Advanced Acoustic Concepts

Sale of GES

  • Leonardo DRS signed a definitive agreement to sell its Global Enterprise Solutions business (GES) to SES for \$ 450 million, gross of taxes
  • The disposal will also help optimize our portfolio and make us more focused on our core businesses

Sale of AAC

  • Leonardo DRS has signed a definitive agreement to transfer full ownership of Advanced Acoustic Concepts (AAC) Joint Venture to Thales subsidiary TDS, its JV partner
  • The transaction is another step in the process of refocusing DRS business portfolio

The completion of both transactions is subject to regulatory clearances and customary closing conditions and is expected in 2H2022

  • Q&A
  • Sector results
  • Appendix

• Key messages Alessandro Profumo, Chief Executive Officer

Financial review Alessandra Genco, Chief Financial Officer

1Q 2022 Highlights

  • Strong commercial activity
  • Backlog at € 36.3 bn
  • Order intake of € 3.8 bn, up 10.8% with no jumbo orders included
  • Continued strong demand for our products supports growing top line
  • Revenues at € 3 bn, up 7.7% YoY
  • Profitability improving
  • EBITA at € 132 mln, up 38.9% YoY
  • FOCF in line with plan
  • FOCF at € -1.1 bn vs € -1.4 bn in 1Q21
  • Strong liquidity position
  • 2022 Guidance confirmed

Order Intake

Commercially strong, reflecting continued strength of defence-governmental business

€ mln ∆ % YoY
1Q2021A 3,421
HELICOPTERS 863 0.9%
ELECTRONICS EUROPE 1,489 -3.6%
LEONARDO DRS 665 12.1%
AIRCRAFT 781 31.3%
AEROSTRUCTURES 94 161.1%
ELIMINATIONS & OTHER -103
1Q2022A* 3,789 10.8%

* Including ca. € 82 mln of positive forex

Revenues

Solid performance confirming growth path

€ mln ∆ % YoY
1Q2021A 2,790
HELICOPTERS 923 16.5% Ramp-up mainly in NH90 Qatar and increased deliveries (19 in 1Q22 vs 13 in
1Q21)
ELECTRONICS EUROPE 955 2.6% In line with 1Q21
LEONARDO DRS 545 -3.5% 1Q21 benefitted from the postponement of some activities from 2020. Positive
FX effect.
AIRCRAFT 571 12.0% Increase driven by EFA Kuwait and C27-J
AEROSTRUCTURES 123 10.8% Increase driven by Airbus programmes, production rate increase
ELIMINATIONS & OTHER -111
1Q2022A* 3,006 7.7%

* Including ca. € 68 mln of positive forex

EBITA and Profitability

Improving Profitability

€ mln RoS ∆ % YoY
1Q2021A 95 3.4%
HELICOPTERS 36 3.9% 16.1% Higher volumes, profitability in line with 1Q21
ELECTRONICS EUROPE 91 9.5% 15.2% Increase across all business areas, mainly in Defence Systems
LEONARDO DRS 55 10.1% 14.6% Confirmed margin expansion primarily driven by the transition of development
programmes into production
AIRCRAFT 52 9.1% 10.6% Higher volumes with continued profitability
AEROSTRUCTURES -46 -37.4% 0.0% Low asset utilisation due to low volume of production
ATR -10 28.6% Higher deliveries (2 in 1Q22 vs 0 in 1Q21)
SPACE 7 133.3% Higher volumes and improved profitability in Manufacturing. Solid profitability in
Services confirmed.
CORPORATE & OTHER -53
1Q2022A* 132 4.4% 38.9%

* Including ca. € 4 mln of positive forex

© 2022 Leonardo - Società per azioni

From EBITA to Net Result

Stronger bottom line thanks to EBITA increase

• Net Result benefitting from EBIT increase, with lower impact from financial expenses and income taxes

• Stepping up cash flow in line with plan: 1Q 2022 FOCF at € - 1,080 mln, up 24% vs 1Q 2021 (€ - 1,422 mln)

2022 Guidance confirmed

FY2021A FY2022
Guidance(1)
New Orders (€ bn) 14.3 ca. 15.0
Revenues (€ bn) 14.1 14.5-15.0
EBITA (€ mln) 1,123 1,180-1,220(2)
FOCF (€ mln) 209 ca. 500
Group Net Debt (€ bn) 3.1 ca.3.1(3)

2022 exchange rate assumptions: € / USD = 1.18 and € / GBP = 0.9

  • (1) Based on the current assessment of the effects deriving from the geopolitical and global health situation on the supply chain and the global economy and assuming no additional major deterioration
  • (2) Including COVID-related costs previously included among non recurring costs below EBITA
  • (3) Assuming 25.1% acquisition of Hensoldt for € 606 mln, disposals for ca. € 300 mln and dividend payment for € 0.14 p.s.

Agenda

  • Q&A
  • Sector results
  • Appendix

• Key messages Alessandro Profumo, Chief Executive Officer

• Financial review Alessandra Genco, Chief Financial Officer

Q&A

Agenda

  • Q&A
  • Sector results
  • Appendix

• Key messages Alessandro Profumo, Chief Executive Officer

• Financial review Alessandra Genco, Chief Financial Officer

Helicopters Solid business with civil recovering

2022 Outlook(*)

  • Growth driven by delivery of programmes in backlog, defence-governmental business and gradual recovery in civil, still affect by the pandemic
  • Profitability supported by optimisation of industrial processes and improved competitiveness, despite pass through activities and production mix

(*) Based on the current assessment of the effects deriving from the geopolitical and global health situation on the supply chain and the global economy and assuming no additional major deterioration

Helicopters

OE CS&T/Other

OE CS&T/Other

41%

37%

Defence Electronics & Security

Growing Revenues and Profitability

2022 Outlook(**)

  • Growing volumes supported by solid backlog of existing programmes, further strengthened in 2021
  • Profitability improvement driven by execution and efficiency measures, despite pass through and programmes under development transitioning towards a more mature phase

* Avg. exchange rate €/\$ @ 1.2056 in 1Q2021, Avg. exchange rate €/\$ @ 1.1225 in 1Q2022

** Based on the current assessment of the effects deriving from the geopolitical and global health situation on the supply chain and the global economy and assuming no additional major deterioration

Aircraft Solid performance

2022 Outlook(*)

• Aircraft production increase driven by EFA Kuwait and M-345/M-346; Tempest initial R&D activities expected

* Based on the current assessment of the effects deriving from the geopolitical and global health situation on the supply chain and the global economy and assuming no additional major deterioration

Aerostructures and ATR

Gradual recovery

2022 Outlook(**)

• Aerostructures gradual recovery despite continued softness in target civil market; ATR recovering faster, leveraging 2021 results

* Based on the current assessment of the effects deriving from the geopolitical and global health situation on the supply chain and the global economy and assuming no additional major deterioration

Space

Recovery of Manufacturing and confirmed solid performance of Satellite services

2022 Outlook(*)

• Growing volumes driven by increased backlog and profitability improvement expected in Manufacturing due to efficiency actions in place to recover competitiveness on Telecommunication business

* Based on the current assessment of the effects deriving from the geopolitical and global health situation on the supply chain and the global economy and assuming no additional major deterioration

Agenda

  • Q&A
  • Sector results
  • Appendix

• Key messages Alessandro Profumo, Chief Executive Officer

• Financial review Alessandra Genco, Chief Financial Officer

1Q 2022 Results

Group Performance

€ mln 1Q 2022 1Q 2021 % Change FY 2021
New Orders 3,789 3,421 10.8% 14.307
Backlog 36,278 36,414 -0.4% 35.534
Revenues 3,006 2,790 7.7% 14.135
EBITA 132 95 38.9% 1.123
RoS 4.4% 3.4% 1.0 p.p. 7.9%
EBIT 123 75 64.0% 911
EBIT Margin 4.1% 2.7% 1.4 p.p. 6.4%
Net result
before
extraordinary
transactions
74 -2 3,800.0% 587
Net result 74 -2 3,800.0% 587
EPS (€ cents) 0.129 -0.003 4,400.0% 1.019
FOCF -1,080 -1,422 24.1% 209
Group Net Debt 4,788 4,640 3,2% 3.122
Headcount 50,106 49,780 0.7% 50.413

Free Operating Cash-Flow (FOCF): is the sum of the cash flows generated by (used in) operating activities (which includes interests and income taxes paid) and the cash flows generated by (used in) ordinary investment activity (property, plant and equipment and intangible assets) and dividends received

Backlog and revenues by Geography

Solid Group liquidity ensures adequate financial flexibility

  • Available credit lines
  • New ESG Credit Line signed in October 2021 equal to € 2.4 bn
  • Existing credit lines unconfirmed equal to € 1.0 bn

together with cash in-hands ensure a Group's liquidity of approx. € 3.8 bn

Balanced debt maturity profile

As of today Before last review Date of review
Moody's Ba1 / Stable
Outlook
Ba1 / Positive
Outlook
October 2018
S&P BB+ / Positive
Outlook
BB+ / Stable
Outlook
May 2022
Fitch BBB-
/ Stable
Outlook
BBB-
/ Negative
Outlook
January 2022

Covenants FY2021

FY2021A
Post IFRS 16
FY2021A
Post IFRS 16
EBITDA* € 1,538 mln Group Net Debt € 3,122 mln
Net Interest € 138 mln Leasing (IFRS 16) -
€ 568 mln
Financial Debt
to
MBDA
-
€ 664 mln
Group Net Debt
for Covenant
€ 1,890 mln
EBITDA* € 1,538 mln
EBITDA / Net Interest 11.1 Group Net Debt
/ EBITDA
1.2
THRESHOLD > 3.25 THRESHOLD < 3.75

* EBITDA net of depreciation of rights of use

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

NOTE: Some of the statements included in this document are not historical facts but rather statements of future expectations, also related to future economic and financial performance, to be considered forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on Company's views and assumptions as of the date of the statements and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Given these uncertainties, you should not rely on forward-looking statements.

The following factors could affect our forward-looking statements: the ability to obtain or the timing of obtaining future government awards; the availability of government funding and customer requirements both domestically and internationally; changes in government or customer priorities due to programme reviews or revisions to strategic objectives (including changes in priorities to respond to terrorist threats or to improve homeland security); difficulties in developing and producing operationally advanced technology systems; the competitive environment; economic business and political conditions domestically and internationally; programme performance and the timing of contract payments; the timing and customer acceptance of product deliveries and launches; our ability to achieve or realise savings for our customers or ourselves through our global cost-cutting programme and other financial management programmes; and the outcome of contingencies (including completion of any acquisitions and divestitures, litigation and environmental remediation efforts).

These are only some of the numerous factors that may affect the forward-looking statements contained in this document.

The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update forward-looking statements as a result of new information since these statements may no longer be accurate or timely.

CONTACTS

Valeria Ricciotti

Head of Investor Relations and Credit Rating Agencies

+39 06 32473.697

[email protected]

Leonardo Investor Relations and Credit Rating Agencies

+39 06 32473.512

[email protected]

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