Finmeccanica announces the merger of Elsag Datamat and SELEX Communications

Finmeccanica announces the merger of Elsag Datamat and SELEX Communications

Finmeccanicas Board of Directors, meeting in Rome today, has decided to initiate the merger of Elsag
Datamat and SELEX Communications.

The transaction is in line with the companys plan, launched in 2010, to upgrade its industrial assets in the
Defense and Security Electronics sector, and is aimed at creating a centre of expertise at Group level in
the Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Security, Automation and Telecommunications
sectors, enabling Finmeccanica to fulfill the increasing demand for complete and integrated ICT solutions
and secure network management services, and bringing under one roof all the Finmeccanica companies
working in this sector.

The new structure of the Defense and Security Electronics segment organizes Finmeccanicas offer into
three centres of expertise, said Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, Chairman and CEO of Finmeccanica. The
resulting organization, with outstanding capabilities in the fields of Information Technology,
Telecommunication, Security and Automation, will work with the SELEX Sistemi Integrati systems centre,
handling large defense and homeland security and Surface Radar systems, and with SELEX Galileo, a
centre of expertise in avionics and electro-optical imaging.

This new entity will enable the operatingcompanies to better focus on their missions and successfully meet the demands of our clients for
turnkey solutions, while ensuring cost optimization.