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Earnings Release Jul 31, 2015

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1H/2Q 2015 Results Presentation

Mauro Moretti

Chief Executive Officer and General Manager

Gian Piero Cutillo

Chief Financial Officer

London, 31 July 2015

GROUP OVERVIEW (CEO and General Manager)

RESULTS AND OUTLOOK (CFO)

UPDATE ON STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS (CEO and General Manager)

Delivering on promises… Executing 5 year industrial plan launched in January

Industrial Plan has STRENGTHENED financial results

  • Significant progress on profitability
  • All key metrics heading in the right direction
  • Share price up 46% over the first sixth months of the year (from €7.73 to €11.28)

Industrial Plan supporting financial strategy to STRENGTHEN our capital structure

  • Bond buyback finalised, lower gross debt
  • RCF renegotiated at better conditions

Strategic plan on track on DEVELOP a more cohesive and effective Finmeccanica

  • Disposal of Transportation, becoming a pure Aerospace, Defence & Security player
  • New Group governance launched, with new identity as "one single company"
  • 30 July BoD key resolution: approval of plans to merge OTO Melara and WSS into Finmeccanica and plans to partially spin-off Alenia Aermacchi, AgustaWestland and Selex ES into Finmeccanica

…and we have clear priorities for 2015 and onwards

STRENGTHEN

  • Delivery of 2015 guidance
  • Improve operating profitability: >150bp improvement in ROS (FY2016/2014),
  • Reduced P&L volatility and material step-up in net income
  • Positive and growing cash flows
  • Reduce Invested Capital through lower working capital and rationalised investments

DEVELOP

  • Develop our offering to customers—new commercial market model to be finalised in H2 2015
  • Complete transition to "One Single Operating Company" to increase visibility and accountability
  • More focused portfolio—Take portfolio opportunities when they arise

AW169 EASA certification achieved in July confirms our focus on products innovation to meet customer needs

  • First all new helicopter type in its category in over 30 years set to enter service
  • Marks operational readiness of the whole AW Family of new generation helicopters
  • Outstanding capabilities and innovation made available in less than five years
  • Over 150 helicopters have been ordered by customers worldwide, including framework agreements and options, for a wide range of roles

GROUP OVERVIEW (CEO and General Manager)

RESULTS AND OUTLOOK (CFO)

UPDATE ON STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS (CEO and General Manager)

Key Messages

Satisfactory results achieved in 1H2015

  • New orders and revenues in line with expectations
  • Material step up in EBITA (+45% YoY) with RoS at 7.5% from 5.4%, mainly thanks to Selex and DRS
  • Positive Net Result at €111mln form negative €39mln
  • Positive FOCF in 2Q and improved compared to last year (same perimeter)
  • Transportation sector included in the "Discontinued Operations"

FY2015 guidance confirmed

On track with the execution of the the financial strategy: significant steps towards the strengthening of the capital structure

Bond buyback

Renegotiation of the RCF at better conditions

Focus on Group Orders

Commercial Performance in line with strong 1H 2014; Book to Bill remains close to 1

Significant improvement in DRS supported by orders from the Canadian Army

Very good performance in Selex and Defence Systems

1H2014 Helicopters and Aeronautics benefitted from large size single orders (UK MoD and M346 Poland)

Focus on Group Revenues Good performance above expectations

  • DRS consolidating recovery in the top line
  • Helicopters, Selex and DRS benefitted from forex effect

Focus on Group Profitability Material step up in EBITA and ROS

  • Meaningful step up driven by improved performance at DRS and SELEX as well as benefits coming from restructuring and efficiency measures across the Group
  • DRS back on track, with YoY improvement even excluding the impact from provisions accounted for in 1H2014
  • SELEX confirming recovery in profitability

Focus on Group Net Result before extraordinary transactions Meaningful improvement

Strong improvement in Net Result before extraordinary transactions driven by

  • Meaningful step up in EBITA
  • Lower below the line volatility

Focus on Group FOCF 1H 2015 and FY expectations

COMMENTS ON 1H 2015

  • Usual seasonality affecting 1H 2015
  • Positive FOCF in 2Q
  • YoY improvement in 1H 2015, also excluding the impact of €256mln outflows on Indian Helicopters and extraordinary dividend from JVs in 1H2014
  • 4Q remains the key period

2015E

Recent achievements towards the reduction of Group gross debt and financial charges Bond Buy-back

  • Target achieved with 100% tender redemption rate
  • 450 € mln repurchased across Sterling 2019 and Euro 2021, 2022, 2017 Bonds
  • No refinancing needs before end 2017
  • Strong liquidity position
  • Bonds have neither financial covenants nor rating pricing grids
  • Average life ≈ 8 years

Renegotiated the 5 years Revolving Credit Facility at better conditions

  • Leveraging on strengthened Group industrial fundamentals and favorable market conditions
  • Reduction of size (from €2.2bn to €2bn), confirming the gradual decrease of working capital financing needs
  • significant reduction of margins (from 180bps to 100bps)

LIQUIDITY POSITION (as of end of June 2015 proforma for the renegotiated RCF)

FY2015 Assumptions and Guidance

ASSUMPTIONS

  • Orders and Revenues: moderate growth, taking into account the changes in perimeter
  • Profitability: important step up of 10%
  • Below EBITA: much lower volatility, with material improvement in the bottom line
  • Restructuring costs: further decrease
  • FOCF: improving cash from operations, lower impact of Transportation, normalized JV contribution and slightly higher net investments
  • Group Net Debt: ca. €3.4bn*, after transportation disposal
FY2014A FY2015E*
Reported Pro forma
New orders
bn
15.6 12.7 12.0 –
12.5
Revenues
bn
14.7 12.8 12.0 –
12.5
EBITA €mln 1,080 980 1,080 –
1,130
FOCF €mln (137) 65 200 -
300
Group Net
Debt

bn
4.0 ca. 3.4

(*) Assuming €/\$ exchange rate at 1.27 and €/£ at 0.8

Delivering on Industrial Plan: Medium Term Objectives

  • EBITA +20% and RoS +150b.p. from 2014 to 2016
  • SG&A reduction > 10% from 2013 to 2015
  • CAPEX and capitalized R&D rationalization > 20% from 2013 to 2017, rebalancing depreciation/investments ratio, significantly improving self-financing capacity
  • Operating working capital reduction, net of reducing customers advances, > 15% by 2017
  • FOCF expected to increase over time and Net Debt expected to reduce below €3bn by end 2017, thus improving Debt/EBITDA and Debt/Equity

The journey is proceeding in the right direction

GROUP OVERVIEW (CEO and General Manager)

RESULTS AND OUTLOOK (CFO)

UPDATE ON STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENTS (CEO and General Manager)

Executing the pillars of our Industrial Plan

Quality & Effectiveness Costs Internationalisation & Market
FEWER

BUSINESSES
«A,D&S»
FOCUS
ON
SELECTED
JVS
«A,D&S»
AND
SEGMENTS
FEWER
PRODUCTS
IN
CORE
«A,D&S»
IMPROVE
INTERNATIONAL
/ EXTEND
FOOTPRINT
REACH
NEW
GOVERNANCE
AND
ORGANISATIONAL
OPERATING
MODEL
NEW
AND

New Group Commercial Model Target Regions in our Global presence

New Group Commercial Approach Increasing effectiveness of Global commercial footprint

The new commercial approach will be based on

  • ONE VOICE FINMECCANICA: Coherently with the divisionalisation process, Finmeccanica presence in the «target» markets will be unique («one voice») according to clearly defined roles and responsibilities and under the coordination of the Corporate Centre
  • EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS: The implementation of the New Model will rationalize Finmeccanica presence, reducing costs and leveraging on synergies and shared services
  • "TAILORED" APPROACH: The idea is to replicate, at a country or region level, the new Group Organisational model, with a unique corporate presence («one roof»), conveniently tailored based on local laws and the kind of activity the Group has in the area

New Governance and New Group Organisational and Operating Model One single company

The new decentralized structure will provide the following benefits

  • Greater ability to control by the Corporate Center
  • Full accountability of the Divisions, profit centers with end to end responsibility, through decentralized operations

By

  • Streamlining and empowerment
  • Greater effectiveness and efficiency
  • Reliability of the business results
  • Shorter chain of ownership, fast decision-making and flexibility
  • Greater integration and overcoming of overlaps

New Governance and New Group Organisational and Operating Model

Sectors: Finmeccanica presence in homogeneous business portfolios

  • The 4 Sectors are part of the Finmeccanica Corporate Center and coordinate Subsidiary Companies/JV and related Divisions in terms of business, technologies and reference markets, playing a role of coordination and guidance
  • In particular, they are equipped with streamlined structures, essential to the Sector's mission:
  • Efficacy and consistency between Strategies and Investments, mainly those that are common to the various Divisions
  • Engineering coordination
  • Commercial effectiveness and coordination. Synergies especially regarding clients/markets shared by different Divisions
  • Participation in assigning and overseeing the economic and financial objectives of the individual Divisions
  • Optimal use of assets and resources that are shared and not divisible between Divisions that are also not to be replicated
  • Participates in proposals associated with succession plans for management of the Sector and coordinated Divisions

Divisions: the pillars of the new Organisational and Operating Model

According to the new model each Division:

  • Is a "profit center" overseeing one specific reference market with responsibility for the P&L
  • Develops and manages its own business portfolio for the reference market with end-to-end responsibility on the key industrial processes
  • Is founded on Business Units or Product/Program Units depending on the Divisions, and is provided with Technical Functions with which it maximizes functional synergies among the BU
  • Ensures the Performance & Health of the Business Units and the Technical Functions with responsibility for the functioning of the Business/Functions matrix
  • Maximizes the return on invested capital with responsibility to propose and optimize necessary investments
  • Maximizes the return on human capital with responsibility for the effective and efficient use of resources available to the Division
  • Is also provided with the Support Functions necessary to fulfil its role
  • Is responsible for collaborating with the other Divisions and Subsidiary Companies/Joint Ventures on shared opportunities and initiatives

Delivering on our promises

  • The execution of industrial strategy is on track on key industrial processes (Engineering, Supply Chain and Manufacturing)
  • We are strengthening our financial structure
  • Delivering continued momentum in our financial performance
  • Increasing effectiveness of our global commercial footprint
  • Continuing to create a more cohesive and effective Finmeccanica

...with a clear focus on creating value for our shareholders

SECTOR RESULTS

HELICOPTERS

Q2 FY

Mln
2015 2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
Orders 909 1,171 (22.4%) 2,257 2,685 (15.9%) 4,556
Revenues 1,190 1,138 4.6% 2,114 2,041 3.6% 4,376
EBITA 148 151 (2.0%) 260 263 (1.1%) 543
ROS % 12.4% 13.3% (0.9) p.p. 12.3% 12.9% (0.6) p.p. 12.4%

AW169 achieved EASA certification in July 2015

  • Lower orders YoY, as expected, as both Q1 and Q2 2014 benefitted from huge acquisitions (i.e. UK MoD and export)
  • Q2 profitability slightly lower than last year, as expected, maintaining a strong RoS above 12%
  • Continue to expect solid performance, with revenues in line and profitability steadily at double digit. Commercial success of AW169 and AW189 likely to be softened given the tough market conditions, especially in the Oil&Gas sector.

EU DEFENCE ELECTRONICS AND SECURITY-Selex ES

Q2 1H
2015
Mln
2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
Orders 1,255 956 31.3% 1,703 1,399 21.7% 3,612
Revenues 940 928 1.3% 1,620 1,554 4.2% 3,577
EBITA 58 41 41.5% 72 47 53.2% 185
ROS % 6.2% 4.4% 1.8 p.p. 4.4% 3.0% 1.4 p.p. 5.2%
  • Good order intake momentum confirmed by a strong 2Q (up 31%), mainly driven by Naval Systems for Italian Navy
  • Increasing EBITA driven by recovery in profitability of some businesses as well as benefits coming from restructuring plan
  • Profitability expected to further improve in 2015
  • Additional benefits coming from the initiatives launched in engineering and production included in the new industrial plan

US DEFENCE ELECTRONICS AND SECURITY – DRS

Q2 FY
\$ Mln 2015 2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
Orders 435 556 (21.8%) 1,002 951 5.4% 1,945
Revenues 453 433 4.6% 854 828 3.1% 1,877
EBITA 31 (77) n.a. 49 (64) n.a. 31
ROS % 6.8% (17.8%) 24.6 p.p. 5.7% (7.7%) 13.4 p.p. 1.7%
  • 1H results exceeded both 1H2014 and expectations
  • Good order intake supporting signs of recovery in the top line
  • Significant EBITA improvement, even excluding 1H2014 provision
  • DRS expected to recover profitability in 2015 based on business performance as well as execution of efficiency programmes and streamlining efforts under way
  • Orders and revenues expected to remain at the same levels as 2014 (excluding the effect of the disposals of two specific LoBs, which account for ca. €200mln Revenues p.y.), envisaging the conclusion of the gradual decline that affected DRS in recent years
Q2 FY

Mln
2015 2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
Orders 362 572 (36.7%) 691 1,004 (31.2%) 3,113
Revenues 754 728 3.6% 1,414 1,379 2.5% 3,144
EBITA 52 46 13.0% 86 74 16.2% 237
ROS % 6.9% 6.3% 0.6 p.p. 6.1% 5.4% 0.7 p.p. 7.5%

AERONAUTICS

  • Q2 Orders in line with expectations, lower than 2015 mainly on Civil (ATR, B787); increased Revenue driven by M346 with 4 additional a/c delivered to Israel
  • 2015 profitability expected in line with 2014, driven by additional efficiency-improvement and cost reduction actions, that will offset the lower contribution of high-margin programmes
  • 2015 Revenues impacted by pass through activities to be given back to Boeing under agreements for the B787 programme

SPACE

Q2 FY

Mln
2015 2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
EBITA 21 10 n.a. 22 17 29.4% 52

Revenues expected to grow, mainly thanks to manufacturing and launch operations services

Business performance expected to improve, despite a decline in industrial profitability (unfavorable mix and growing pressure on prices)

DEFENCE SYSTEMS

Q2 1H

Mln
2015 2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
Orders 113 45 n.a. 189 78 n.a. 209
Revenues 119 127 (6.3%) 209 230 (9.1%) 495
EBITA 28 23 21.7% 31 26 19.2% 89
ROS % 23.5% 18.1% 5.4 p.p. 14.8% 11.3% 3.5 p.p. 18.0%

Partial recovery expected in FY2015; performance moderately better than 2014, thanks to major deliveries of missile systems and rising production volumes for new orders in land, naval and underwater systems

APPENDIX

GROUP PERFORMANCE

Q2 FY

Mln
2015 2014 (*) %
Change
2015 2014 (*) %
Change
2014 (*)
New Orders 2,898 3,102 (6.6%) 5,539 5,794 (4.4%) 12,667
Backlog 29,303 29,328 (0.1%) 29,383
Revenues 3,319 3,161 5.0% 5,973 5,709 4.6% 12,764
EBITA 293 169 73.4% 450 310 45.2% 980
ROS % 8.8% 5.3% 3.5 p.p. 7.5% 5.4% 2.1 p.p. 7.7%
EBIT 241 81 n.a. 351 182 92.9% 597
Net result
before
extraordinary
transactions
87 (46) n.a. 91 (61) n.a. 15
Net result
after
minorities
85 (41) n.a. 86 (62) n.a. (31)
EPS (€
cents)
0.147 (0.071) n.a. 0.149 (0.107) n.a. (0.054)
FOCF 137 51 n.a. (743) (1,031) 27.9% 65
Group Net Debt
including
discontinued
operations
- - - 4,802 4,840 (0.8%) 3,962
Group Net Debt
excluding
discontinued
operations
- - - 4,990 5,040 (1.0%) 4,255
Headcount - - - 53,393 55,690 (4.1%) 54,380

(*) Figures (except for headcount) restated as a result of the reclassification of the operations in the Transportation sector to discontinued operations.

Free Operating Cash-Flow (FOCF): this 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.

A new S/T and L/T Incentive Scheme focused on creating shareholders value

  • Finmeccanica implemented a brand new Group remuneration policy as a key enabler of the cultural transformation
  • The new Plan is now largely equity based and tightly linked to the medium and long-term objectives set out in the Group Industrial Plan
  • Incentives are structured into a monetary component and a component expressed in Finmeccanica equity, with different mix depending on the managerial positions involved
SHARES CASH
EXECUTIVES WITH STRATEGIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND OTHER TOP MANAGERS 100% -
SENIOR MANAGERS 70% 30%
OTHER PARTICIPANTS 30% 70%
  • The payment of incentives is conditional on the achievement of three-year targets of:
  • Relative Finmeccanica Total Shareholder Return (TSR) 50% of the maximum number of shares that can be assigned
  • Return on Sales (ROS) 25% of the maximum number of shares that can be assigned
  • Net Financial Position (NFP) 25% of the maximum number of shares that can be assigned

A new co-investment Plan

  • Finmeccanica also introduced a new Co-Investment Plan for the conversion of a portion of the annual bonus (min 25%, max 100%) into ordinary Finmeccanica shares
  • At the end of the three-years vesting period, provided that the performance threshold set in the shortterm variable remuneration scheme has been constantly achieved (so called "performance gate") (*), bonus shares ("matching shares") are to be assigned in the proportion of 1 bonus share for each 3 shares held

(*) The short-term variable incentive is subject to overall business profitability ratios ("performance gate"), the failure to achieve which entails the zeroing of the entire portion of bonus linked to financial/management objectives.

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.

Investor Relations & Sustainable Responsible Investors (SRI)

Contacts

Raffaella Luglini Head of Investor Relations & SRI +39 06 32473.066 [email protected]

Valeria Ricciotti Financial Communication +39 06 32473.697 [email protected]

Alessio Crosa Fixed Income +39 06 32473.337

[email protected]

Paolo Salomone ESG +39 06 32473.829 [email protected]

[email protected] www.finmeccanica.com/investors

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