The Board of Directors of Finmeccanica, convened today under the chairmanship of Gianni De Gennaro, examined and approved the project for a New Group Organizational and Operating Model applying to the Aerospace, Defence and Security  sectors (“A,D&S”).

The New Organizational Model is in line with similar initiatives promoted by our main competitors aimed at effectively tackling the challenges posed by the transformations affecting the international scesnarios of reference. These transformations mainly relate to the reduction of domestic budgets, the gradual completion of programs funded by the Governments and the increase of competitiveness requirements.

The New Organizational Model will enable to value the human capital, increase the return on invested capital and ensure higher profitability, sustainability and cash flow generation. It represents a further significant step towards strengthening the Groups’s governance, thus executing Finmeccanica’s Strategic Plan as at May 2013, with the following key objectives:

• restructuring, re-launch and development of A,D&S, through relevant consolidation and industrial reorganization initiatives;
• concentration in A,D&S, through the disposal of Ansaldo Energia and the expected deconsolidation of the Transportation;
• enhancing of Governance, through a number of targeted initiatives aimed at shortening the reporting lines, increasing the organisation’s effectiveness and improving  management efficiency.

Finmeccanica Group will be able to enhance its role on international markets and in the reconfiguration processes of the sector of reference worldwide and it will also strengthen the growth of the Italian high-tech manufacturing industry.

The New Organizational Model will be implemented through the following actions:

• the Corporate will play a new strategic direction and control role over the Group Companies involved, in order to increase the effectiveness in managing the product and business portfolio;
• the Corporate and the Operating Companies will  manage in a coordinated way all  the activities related to products, markets, order execution and service in Helicopters, Aeronautics, Defence Electronics and Security, Space and Defence Systems;
• the Support Functions will be verticalized to guarantee harmonization of procedures, strengthen of governance and Group identity.

The New Organizational Model, involving both Finmeccanica and the Operating Companies, will be executed in strict collaboration with the CEO’s of the Companies involved, by gradually adopting the necessary organizational measures.

Following today’s Board of Directors resolutions, Finmeccanica will achieve a more effective production function, a higher level of industrial productivity, will exploit economies of scale and scope and will increase competitiveness, thus pursuing economic benefits in the medium term.

The New Organizational Model does not apply to Transportation sector, expected to be deconsolidated, to the international joint ventures in Space and Defence Systems, to the subsidiary DRS Technologies and to FATA, that will continue to be managed under the direct responsibility of the Corporate.