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Leonardo S.p.A.

Earnings Release Nov 9, 2017

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3Q/9M 2017 Results Presentation

Alessandro Profumo Chief Executive Officer Alessandra Genco Chief Financial Officer

Rome, 9 November 2017

  • 1. 2017 UPDATE Alessandro Profumo - CEO
  • 2. 2017 FINANCIAL REVIEW 3Q/9M RESULTS AND OUTLOOK Alessandra Genco - CFO
  • 3. TAKING ACTION TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM GROWTH Alessandro Profumo - CEO
  • 4. Q&A

2017 tougher than expected, fundamentals and medium-term opportunities confirmed

  • 9 months results broadly in line in Aeronautics and Defence Electronics but affected by Helicopters
  • Year as a whole will be tougher than expected
  • Helicopters expected to be impacted by continuous market and execution challenges: Management changed and actions taken
  • Continued confidence in medium-term opportunities
  • Based on 3 key pillars

2017 Update Providing clarity on Helicopters

Progress
9M2017A
Aeronautics Broadly in line
Defense
&
Eletronics
Broadly in line
Helicopters Weaker
than
expected
FY2017E
FY Guidance Tougher
than
expected
due
to
Helicopters

Current headwinds

Market challenges

  • Lower volumes
  • Over supply vs demand
  • Competitive pricing
  • Lower military / governmental

Execution issues

  • Production processes
  • AW169 issues taking too long

Long-term confidence

Core strengths

  • Great engineers
  • World class product portfolio
  • Strong client base

Taking action

  • New Managing Director
  • Optimising production process
  • "Should cost" on AW169
  • More customer centric approach

1. 2017 UPDATE

Alessandro Profumo - CEO

  • 2. 2017 FINANCIAL REVIEW 3Q/9M RESULTS AND OUTLOOK Alessandra Genco - CFO
  • 3. TAKING ACTION TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM GROWTH Alessandro Profumo - CEO
  • 4. Q&A

Financial Review

Group performance YTD broadly on track; FY 2017 tougher than expected

  • 9 months results broadly in line in Aeronautics and Defence Electronics but affected by Helicopters
  • Good commercial performance across the Group
  • Stable revenues
  • RoS at 8.8% reflects solid Aeronautics and Defence Electronics, partially offsetting Helicopters weakness
  • Improving financial discipline
  • FY2017 Guidance on Revenues and EBITA updated to reflect Helicopter weakness

New Orders Good momentum confirmed

Revenues Stable despite forex headwinds

EBITA and Profitability

Robust performance

Net Result Before Extraordinary Transactions

Lower taxes partially offsetting slightly higher restructuring and Net financial expenses (benefitting from positive fair value in 2016 for € 36 mln)

Improving balance sheet

Financial position (as of end of September 2017) and Rating

Updated FY2017 Guidance

  • (*) Assuming finalization of C27J export contracts
  • (**) Assuming cashin of EFA Kuwait payments related to 2017 milestones
FY2016A FY2017E
Old
FY2017E
New
New orders
bn
20.0 12.0 –
12.5
ca. 12.0 (*)
Revenues
bn
12.0 ca. 12.0 11.5 –
12.0
EBITA €mln 1,252 1,250 –
1,300
1,050 –
1,100
FOCF €mln 706 500 –
600
500 –
600 (**)
Group Net
Debt

bn
2.8 ca. 2.5 ca. 2.5

Exchange rate assumptions: €/USD 1,15 and €/GBP 0,85

  • 1. 2017 UPDATE Alessandro Profumo - CEO
  • 2. 2017 FINANCIAL REVIEW 3Q/9M RESULTS AND OUTLOOK Alessandra Genco - CFO
  • 3. TAKING ACTION TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM GROWTH Alessandro Profumo - CEO
  • 4. Q&A

Taking action to build sustainable long term growth Continued confidence in our core strengths

  • Clear and realistic on short term issues
  • Enduring benefits of industrial turnaround
  • Confidence in 3 core pillars of growth
  • Helicopters; Defence Electronics; Aeronautics

Clear priorities for to build sustanable long-term growth

Key Priorities – Taking actions

Organization & People

  • New appointments to be more efficient, effective and customer focused, mainly leveraging on internal resources
  • «One voice» approach with all stakeholders (External Relations, Communication, Italian Institutional Affairs, Investor Relations & Sustainability)
  • More effective internationalisation (International Relations)
  • Commercial Division reinforcement & coordination and customer support (Chief Commercial Officer)
  • More efficient and effective Organization and Processes (Chief People, Organization and Transformation Officer)
  • Group CFO and MDs of Divisions

Strengthening commercial effort and focusing on customer support

Plan Actions
Taken
New
CCO
and
CCO
Group
Organisation
Foreign
Office
review
Rebuilding Commercial Network Unification
of
name
and
branding
Clear
mission
agreed
with
each
local
Office
Establish
Integrated
Campaign
Teams
Customer
Support
Coordination
Center
level
functions
at
Corporate
Focus on Customer Support Establishing
Customer
Support
LoB
within
each
Division
Establishing
Logistical
Hubs
within
Regions
Optimisation
of Product Portfolio
Work
ongoing
European Presence Leveraging
on
European
Defence
Fund
opportunities

Key messages

  • 2017 tougher than expected
  • Continued confidence in medium-term opportunity
  • Core strengths, fundamentals and 3 key pillars for the Group confirmed

SECTOR RESULTS

3Q/9M 2017 results Helicopters

3Q FY

Mln
2016 2017 %
Change
2016 2017 %
Change
2016
Orders 580 568 (2.1%) 1,538 1,710 11.2% 3,737
Revenues 857 757 (11.7%) 2,565 2,355 (8.2%) 3,639
EBITA 83 64 (22.9%) 285 238 (16.5%) 430
ROS % 9.7% 8.5% (1.2) p.p. 11.1% 10.1% (1.0) p.p. 11.8%

Higher orders YoY, still in challenging and uncertain markets

  • Lower volumes due to market and execution challenges
  • Solid profitability relative to group average and peers
  • FY2017E Revenues expected to be lower than 2016 and profitability at high single digit

3Q/9M 2017 results

Electronics, Defence & Security Systems*

3Q FY

Mln
2016 2017 %
Change
2016 2017 %
Change
2016
Orders 1,749 2,040 16.6% 4,239 4,400 3.8% 6,726
Revenues 1,130 1,204 6.5% 3,567 3,660 2.6% 5,468
EBITA 92 75 (18.5%) 269 275 2.2% 558
ROS % 8.1% 6.2% (1.9) p.p. 7.5% 7.5% 0.0 p.p. 10.2%

Of which

DRS:

3Q FY
\$ Mln 2016 2017 %
Change
2016 2017 %
Change
2016
Orders 594 611 2.9% 1,484 1,541 3.8% 1,923
Revenues 399 515 29.1% 1,170 1,298 10.9% 1,753
EBITA 30 32 6.7% 63 81 28.6% 128
ROS % 7.5% 6.2% (1.3 p.p.) 5.4% 6.2% 0.8 p.p. 7.3%

Good commercial performance

Revenues in line YoY

Profitability sustained by recovery in some areas

2017 Profitability expected to be substantially in line with last year

DRS expected to deliver continued growth and further increase in profitability

Avg. exchange rate €/\$ @1.1132 in 9M2017 Avg. exchange rate €/\$ @1.1157 in 9M2016

© 2016 Leonardo - Società per azioni 22 *includes Defence Systems as a Division, DRS and MBDA

3Q/9M 2017 results Aeronautics

3Q FY

Mln
2016 2017 %
Change
2016 2017 %
Change
2016
Orders 305 183 (40.0%) 9,790 1,963 (79.9%) 10,158
Revenues 681 739 8.5% 2,060 2,187 6.2% 3,130
EBITA 83 75 (9.6%) 198 207 4.5% 347
ROS % 12.2% 10.1% (2.1
p.p.)
9.6% 9.5% (0.1 p.p.) 11.1%

Good Order intake in both Divisions, excluding EFA Kuwait contract booked in 2016

Revenues started to see the contribution of EFA Kuwait contract

Higher EBITA driven by both Divisions, more than offsetting ATR expected lower contribution

2017 Revenues in line with 2016, with "Double digit" profitability confirmed

3Q/9M 2017 results Space

3Q FY

Mln
2016 2017 %
Change
2016 2017 %
Change
2016
EBITA 14 10 (28.6%) 43 37 (14.0%) 77

Lower contribution due to lower profitability in Services, and higher taxes in Manufacturing 2017 Profitability in line with 2016

APPENDIX

3Q/9M 2017 results

Group Performance

3Q FY

Mln
2016 2017 %
Change
2016 2017 %
Change
2016
New Orders 2,637 2,884 9.4% 15,504 7,945 (48.8%) 19,951
Backlog 34,589 33,931 (1.9%) 34,798
Revenues 2,621 2,658 1.4% 8,034 7,984 (0.6%) 12,002
EBITA 274 221 (19.3%) 746 703 (5.8%) 1,252
ROS % 10.5% 8.3% (2.2) p.p. 9.3% 8.8% (0.5 p.p.) 10.4%
EBIT 232 171 (26.3%) 631 571 (9.5%) 982
EBIT Margin 8.9% 6.4% (2.5 p.p.) 7.9% 7.2% (0.7 p.p.) 8.2%
Net result
before
extraordinary
transactions
143 78 (45.5%) 343 272 (20.7%) 545
Net result 142 77 (45.8%) 352 271 (23.0%) 507
EPS (€
cents)
0.247 0.134 (45.7%) 0.612 0.472 (22.9%) 0.879
FOCF 405 (441) (208.9%) (388) (972) (150.5%) 706
Group Net Debt 3,890 4,004 (15.5%) 2,845
Headcount 46,316 45,737 (1.3%) 45,631

LIQUIDITY POSITION (as of end of September 2017)

Availability of adequate committed liquidity lines

In order to cope with possible swings in financing needs, Leonardo can leverage:

  • 30 September cash balance of approx. €1.6 Billion
  • Credit lines worth €2.7 Billion (confirmed and unconfirmed)
  • The Revolving Credit Facility was renegotiated on 6 July 2015 lowering the margin from 180bps to 100bps. The renegotiated facility has an amount of €2.0bn and will expire in July 2020
  • Bank Bonding lines of approximately €3.8 Billion to support Leonardo's commercial activity

(1) Based on rating as of 30/09/2017

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

[email protected] www.leonardocompany.com/investors

Raffaella Luglini

EVP External Relations, Communication, Italian Institutiona Affairs, Investor Relations and Sustainability +39 06 32473.066 [email protected]

Valeria Ricciotti

Equity & Fixed Income Analysts & Investors and Relationship with Credit Rating Agencies +39 06 32473.697 [email protected]

Manuel Liotta

Group Sustainability & ESG +39 06 32473.666 [email protected]

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