Finmeccanica SpA (Milan: FNC) and DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS)
today announced that they will hold a joint conference call with
analysts and the investment community on the signing of a definitive
merger agreement for Finmeccanica to acquire DRS. The call will be
broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, beginning at
9:00 a.m. EDT.
Finmeccanica´s chairman and chief executive
officer Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, chief financial officer and
co-general manager Alessandro Pansa, and DRS Technologies´ chairman, president and chief executive officer Mark S. Newman will host
the call.
Listeners can access the webcast via the Investor Info page on DRS´s
web site at http://www.drs.com.
An archive of this webcast will be available at this web site for
approximately one year beginning May 13, 2008, one hour after the call
ends.
Headquartered in Rome, Italy, Finmeccanica is a leading global high-tech
company with core competencies in the design and manufacture of
helicopters, civil and military aircrafts, aero structures, satellites
space infrastructure, missiles and defense electronics. The company is
listed on the Milan stock exchange and operates throughout the world. It
employs more than 60,000 people worldwide and 10,000 in the United
Kingdom. Finmeccanica employs a workforce of 2,100 at 32 sites across
the U.S.A. Whether flying the President, transporting troops and cargo
securing the borders, tracing criminals or enhancing the Navy´s
capabilities, Finmeccanica products ensure safety and security in the
United States. For more information about Finmeccanica, visit http://www.finmeccanica.com.
DRS Technologies, headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, is a leading
supplier of integrated products, services and support to military
forces, government agencies and prime contractors worldwide. The company
employs approximately 10,000 people. For more information about DRS
Technologies, please visit the company´s web
site at www.drs.com.
