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Earnings Release Nov 4, 2015

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3Q/9M 2015 Results Presentation

Gian Piero Cutillo Chief Financial Officer

Rome, 4 November 2015

Key Messages

9M2015 results confirming we are proceeding in the right direction

Good performance across all sectors

  • Improvement in New Orders and Revenues due to FOREX
  • Material step up in EBITA (+45% YoY) with RoS at 8.3% from 6%, confirming the positive trend mainly in Selex and DRS
  • Positive Net Result at €160mln form negative €24mln
  • Improved FOCF compared to last year (same perimeter)
  • On track with the execution of the Industrial Plan
  • FY2015 guidance confirmed for New Orders, Revenues, FOCF and Net Debt while EBITA expectation revised upwards

Focus on Group Orders

Commercial Performance in line with 9M 2014; Book to Bill remains close to 1

Significant improvement in Selex and Defence Systems , supported by national naval systems programme

  • Very good performance in DRS, also in international markets
  • 9M2014 Helicopters and Aeronautics benefitted from large size single orders (UK MoD and M346 Poland)

Focus on Group Revenues Good performance in line with 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 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 9M2014
  • SELEX confirming recovery in profitability

Focus on Group Net Result before extraordinary transactions "below the line" items under control

Strong improvement in Net Result before extraordinary transactions driven by

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

Focus on Group FOCF 9M2015 and FY expectations

COMMENTS ON 9M 2015

  • Usual seasonality affecting 9M 2015
  • YoY improvement in 9M 2015, also excluding the impact of €256mln outflows on Indian Helicopters and extraordinary dividend from JVs in 9M2014
  • 4Q remains the key period

2015E

FY2015 Assumptions and Guidance EBITA expectations raised

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 ca. 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 the Plan Continued progress

2015 Progress

STRENGTHEN -The Industrial Plan - Good performance YTD
Delivering efficiencies
DEVELOP -
The Strategic Plan -
Transportation disposal closed
Disposal of FATA signed

Transportation disposal Details of the closing

  • On November 2nd Finmeccanica and Hitachi announced the closing of the transactions relating to the acquisition by Hitachi of the entire going concern of AnsaldoBreda, except for some revamping activities and certain residual contracts, and Finmeccanica's entire economic interest in Ansaldo STS, equal to approximately 40% of its issued share capital
  • The purchase price of Ansaldo STS shares amounts to €9.50 per share (after the € 0.15 per share dividend distributed), for a total consideration of the stake sold of € 761 mln
  • The total net consideration for AnsaldoBreda, including real estate assets, amounts to ca. € 30 mln
  • As a result:
  • Finmeccanica Group Net Debt will decrease by ca. €600 mln, already factored in FY2015 Guidance
  • The total capital gain (subject to the valuation of indemnities and price adjustments) estimated in ca. € 250 mln

SECTOR RESULTS

3Q FY

Mln
2015 2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
Orders 624 398 56.8% 2,881 3,083 (6.6%) 4,556
Revenues 1,098 995 10.4% 3,212 3,036 5.8% 4,376
EBITA 121 116 4.3% 381 379 0.5% 543
ROS % 11.0% 11.7% (0.7) p.p. 11.9% 12.5% (0.6) p.p. 12.4%

HELICOPTERS

  • Orders up in Q3 driven by the contract for 10 a/c AW189 signed with RN-Aircraft, a subsidiary of the Russian operator Rosneft. Lower orders YoY as 1H 2014 benefitted from huge acquisitions (i.e. UK MoD and export)
  • Revenues broadly in line YoY, excluding the positive FOREX effect, and profitability confirmed at 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

3Q 9M
2015
Mln
2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
Orders 556 552 0.7% 2,259 1,951 15.8% 3,612
Revenues 764 713 7.2% 2,384 2,267 5.2% 3,577
EBITA 55 15 n.a. 127 62 n.a. 185
ROS % 7.2% 2.1% 5.1 p.p. 5.3% 2.7% 2.6 p.p. 5.2%

Good commercial performance and substantial improvement in profitability

  • EBITA mainly driven by recovery in profitability of some businesses, increasing benefits from the restructuring plan launched in 2012 and by the first benefits from the initiatives launched in engineering and production included in the new industrial plan
  • Profitability expected to further improve in 2015

US DEFENCE ELECTRONICS AND SECURITY – DRS

3Q 9M
\$ Mln 2015 2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
Orders 537 456 17.8% 1,539 1,407 9.4% 1,945
Revenues 443 485 (8.7%) 1,297 1,313 (1.2%) 1,877
EBITA 44 28 57.1% 93 (36) n.a. 31
ROS % 9.9% 5.8% 4.1 p.p. 7.2% (2.7%) 9.9 p.p. 1.7%

Good commercial performance at domestic and international level

  • Significant improvement in EBITA confirming the expected recovery in profitability, driven by better business performance as well as 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

AERONAUTICS

3Q 9M

Mln
2015 2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
Orders 568 525 8.2% 1,259 1,529 (17.7%) 3,113
Revenues 726 756 (4.0%) 2,140 2,135 0.2% 3,144
EBITA 77 74 4.1% 163 148 10.1% 237
ROS % 10.6% 9.8% 0.8 p.p. 7.6% 6.9% 0.7 p.p. 7.5%

GtoG agreement signed in 3Q between Italy and Kuwait for the supply of 28 Eurofighter aircraft

  • 9M2015 volumes in line with 2014. EBITA improvement mainly driven by increased result of GIE-ATR, also benefitting from an appreciation of the USD/€ exchange rate
  • 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
  • Transfer of B787 pass through activities expected to be completed in 2016, therefore partially affecting 2015 revenues

SPACE

3Q FY

Mln
2015 2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
EBITA 5 9 (44.4%) 27 26 3.8% 52

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

Business performance in line with expectations

DEFENCE SYSTEMS

3Q 9M
2015
Mln
2014 %
Change
2015 2014 %
Change
2014
Orders 80 72 11.1% 269 150 79.3% 209
Revenues 92 96 (4.2%) 301 326 (7.7%) 495
EBITA 13 2 n.a. 44 28 57.1% 89
ROS % 14.1% 2.1% 12.0 p.p. 14.6% 8.6% 6.0 p.p. 18.0%

9M 2015 results showed first signs of recovery in orders; sharp increase in EBITA driven by missiles

FY2015 performance broadly in line with expectations

APPENDIX

GROUP PERFORMANCE

3Q 9M FY

Mln
2015 2014 (*) %
Change
2015 2014 (*) %
Change
2014 (*)
New Orders 2,252 1,803 24.9% 7,791 7,597 2.6% 12,667
Backlog 28,071 28,598 (1.8%) 29,383
Revenues 3,028 2,895 4.6% 9,001 8,604 4.6% 12,764
EBITA 295 205 43.9% 745 515 44.7% 980
ROS % 9.7% 7.1% 2.6 p.p. 8.3% 6.0% 2.3 p.p. 7.7%
EBIT 248 143 73.4% 599 325 84.3% 597
Net result
before
extraordinary
transactions
59 7 n.a. 150 (54) n.a. 15
Net result
after
minorities
36 5 n.a. 122 (57) n.a. (31)
EPS (€
cents)
0.062 0.008 n.a. 0.211 (0.099) n.a. (0.054)
FOCF (192) (324) 40.7% (935) (1,355) 31.0% 65
Group Net Debt
including
discontinued
operations
5,125 5,349 (4.2%) 3,962
Group Net Debt
excluding
discontinued
operations
5,323 5,560 (4.3%) 4,269
Headcount 53,183 55,336 (3.9%) 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.

FINANCIAL POSITION (as of end of September 2015)

  • Key Messages
  • No refinancing needs before end 2017
  • Strong liquidity position
  • Bonds have neither financial covenants nor rating pricing grids
  • Average life ≈ 8 years
Early
Repayments

(€mil)

Bond Initial Amount Repaid Amount Repayment Date
Dollar 2019 \$500 \$66 2012
Euro 2017 € 600 € 79 July 2015
Euro 2021 € 950 € 211 July 2015
Euro 2022 € 600 € 45 July 2015
Sterling 2019 £400 £81 July 2015

LIQUIDITY POSITION (as of end of September 2015)

Availability of adequate committed liquidity lines

In order to cope with possible volatilities in financial needs, Finmeccanica can leverage:

  • 30 September cash balance of approx. €0.4Billion
  • 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 on July 2020
  • Bank Bonding lines of roughly €2.9 Billion to support Finmeccanica commercial activity

(1) Based on rating as of 30/09/2015

(2) Average. Expected to be renewed at maturity

Disposal of FATA

  • On October 6 2015 Finmeccanica and Danieli Group signed an agreement for the sale of:
  • 100% of Fata S.p.A, active in the field of turn key industrial plant (Engineering, Procurement and Construction)
  • Fata subsidiaries in USA (Fata Hunter), India (Fata Engineering), China (Fata Shanghai) and UAE (Fata Gulf)
  • Fata Revenues accounts for ca. €150mln p.y. and headcount are approx. 200
  • The disposal agreement does not include Fata Logistic Systems S.p.A and some assets that will be span off
  • The closing is expected in 1Q2016
  • Fata disposal marks a further step forward in the execution of the Industrial Plan, focusing and strengthening the Group in the core Aerospace, Defence and Security business

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

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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