PIRELLI GROUP STRATEGIES & 1999 RESULTS LONDON AND MILAN PRESENTATION

E-PIRELLI Total project ivetmet : >Euro 1 bl ( Itl 2.000 bl )

E-PIRELLI 2000 expected o-lie ale Euro 1 bl

PICTURE OF GROUP INITIATIVES Compoet, product ad ytem Service Create Value - IPO Iovate & Grow Pirelli SpA Pirelli & C. Iteratioal developmet Pot merger itegratio to world leaderhip Relauch with radical compay iovatio Pot merger itegratio to local leaderhip Develop ew buiee alo abroad Optical compoet Special Fiber TLC Cable TLC Sytem (Submarie, ) Eergy Cable, Sytem, Device Tyre E-buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal buiee (e.g. E-Tyre) Real Etate Service (e.g. UMTS, bad-width) buie ivetmet Break ito ew market pace ad boot operatig performace i all buie area Capture value creatio opportuitie through icubator

E-PIRELLI PERIMETER AND ENVISAGED INVESTMENTS Optical compoet Special Fiber TLC Cable TLC Sytem (Submarie, )) Eergy Cable, Sytem, Device Tyre E-buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal buiee (e.g. E-Tyre) Real Etate Service (e.g. UMTS, bad-width) buie ivetmet Iitiative that itegrate our upplier, cutomer, ed-uer

Optical compoet Optical compoet Special Fiber Special Fiber Cable Cable Sytem (Sub, ) Sytem (Sub, ) E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal Eer gy Cabl e, Syte m, Devi ce buiee E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal buiee Tyre & E- Tyre Real Etat e Service ( eg. UMTS, Service bad- ( eg. width) UMTS, bad- buie width) ivetmbuie et ivetm et VALUE ENHANCEMENT OF BUSINESSES LINKED TO INTERNET DEMAND E.g. Optical Compoet Pirelli amog the fouder of optical techologie Numerou patet ad capability to produce compoet ad module USD 6 Bl market, with 60% growth rate Start-up of High-Tech compay i the USA, with local maagemet ad 10% Cico participatio

Optical compoet Optical compoet Special Fiber Special Fiber Cable Cable Sytem (Sub, ) Sytem (Sub, ) E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal Eer gy Cabl e, Syte m, Devi ce buiee E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal buiee Tyre & E- Tyre Real Etat e Service ( eg. UMTS, Service bad- ( eg. width) UMTS, bad- buie width) ivetmbuie et ivetm et VALUE ENHANCEMENT OF BUSINESSES LINKED TO INTERNET DEMAND E.g. Submarie Optical Sytem USD 7 Bl market Pirelli wet techology holder Start-up of dedicated compay, complete with egieerig ad itallatio ervice (10% Cico participatio) Syergie with ubmarie optical cable maufacture

Optical compoet Optical compoet Special Fiber Special Fiber Cable Cable Sytem (Sub, ) Sytem (Sub, ) E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal Eer gy Cabl e, Syte m, Devi ce buiee E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal buiee Tyre & E- Tyre Real Etat e Service ( eg. UMTS, Service bad- ( eg. width) UMTS, bad- buie width) ivetmbuie et ivetm et TRANSFORMATION OF CORE BUSINESS E.g. E-TyreE Approximately 20 iitiative lauched Radical proce ad product iovatio (MIRS), i Car, Truck ad Motorcycle tyre Developmet of Itelliget Tyre, capable of iteractig o- ad off-lie with: vehicle ecurity ytem ed-uer dealer vehicle maufacturer Orgaizatio maaged by ed to ed procee, itegratig upplier, cutomer, etc. through Iteret Iovatio i relatio with cutomer ad ditributio chael A chage detied to revolutioize the ector profitability parameter

Optical compoet Optical compoet Special Fiber Special Fiber Cable Cable Sytem (Sub, ) Sytem (Sub, ) E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal Eer gy Cabl e, Syte m, Devi ce buiee E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal buiee Tyre & E- Tyre Real Etat e Service ( eg. UMTS, Service bad- ( eg. width) UMTS, bad- buie width) ivetmbuie et ivetm et TRANSFORMATION OF CORE BUSINESS E.g. B2B Cable I Italy, 20% of Pirelli ale to electrical ditributor already y made through Iteret The ervice permit 24 x 7 acce to the followig: product iformatio izig oftware order takig e-paymet Track-Tracig Tracig - VMI (Vedor Maaged Ivetory)

Optical compoet Optical compoet Special Fiber Special Fiber Cable Cable Sytem (Sub, ) Sytem (Sub, ) E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal Eer gy Cabl e, Syte m, Devi ce buiee E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal buiee Tyre & E- Tyre Real Etat e Service ( eg. UMTS, Service bad- ( eg. width) UMTS, bad- buie width) ivetmbuie et ivetm et Pirelli & Co. INVESTMENTS IN NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES E.g. Euro Cube Fud Fud dedicated to High-Tech/Iteret tart-up i Europe Ivetor: Pirelli, Camfi,, Beetto, Caltagiroe, Gazzoi Merrill Lych, Mediobaca, Baca Itea Maagemet Compay (My Qube) directed by G.L. Braggiotti Firt project: Italia Real Etate Portal

Optical compoet Optical compoet Special Fiber Special Fiber Cable Cable Sytem (Sub, ) Sytem (Sub, ) E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal Eer gy Cabl e, Syte m, Devi ce buiee E- buie developmet ad iovatio temmig from traditioal buiee Tyre & E- Tyre Real Etat e Service ( eg. UMTS, Service bad- ( eg. width) UMTS, bad- buie width) ivetmbuie et ivetm et Pirelli & Co. INVESTMENTS IN NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES E.g.: Dix.it Pirelli participate i the Dix.it coortium biddig for the fifth fth UMTS mobile telephoy licece,, with joit hare alogide e-e Bicom, Securfi,, IFIL, Baca di Roma, e-plaete

Pirelli ha ample reource to fiace thi developmet (ow fud ad icome derived from Cico operatio) The Group ha already put the plaed iitiative i tock

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MISSION Ehacig hareholder value by Techology Quality Iovatio for Cutomer atifactio

MAJOR EVENTS IN 1999/2000 Corporate Merger with SIP - Société Iteratioale Pirelli Cable & Sytem Acquiitio Sieme Power Cable Diviio Power cable ad cotructio buie of Metal Maufacturer - (Autralia) NKF power activitie i Netherlad ad Filad FOS (fibre optic) BICCGeeral activitie i UK, Italy, Aia ad Africa Alliace Tyre Strategic alliace with Cico Strategic alliace with Cooper Tire Acquiitio of ATCo - Egypt maufacturig proce - MIRS

THE CISCO DEAL Euro/ Ml Teroptic ale Gro capital gai Related cot Net Tax 1,576 1,522 (93) (298) TOTAL 1,131 Impact o 1t quarter 2000

NORTH AMERICA GDP +3.8% Iflatio rate 2.6% Iteret rate 5.8% 2000 SCENARIO EUROPEAN UNION GDP +3.1% Iflatio rate 2% Iteret rate 4% TURKEY GDP +4.5 % Iflatio rate 53% JAPAN GDP +0.7% CHINA GDP +7.4% BRAZIL GDP +2.2% Iteret rate 18.4% Iflatio rate 7% EASTERN EUROPE GDP Hugary +4.6% Czech Rep. +1.7% Iflatio rate Hugary 8.6% Czech Rep. 3.9% SOUTH-EAST ASIA Strog recovery after the ecoomic crii

SHAREHOLDER STRUCTURE (a of 29/02/2000) PIRELLI & C. BZ Group Holdig Limited 30.5% 10.6% PIRELLI S.p.A. 99.79% 100% PIRELLI TYRE HOLDING N.V. PIRELLI CAVI e SISTEMI S.p.A. TREASURY SHARES AT 31-12-1999: 1999: 173,074,000 (9.1% of capital) BOOK VALUE: Euro Ml 336

BY SECTOR TURNOVER AT 31.12.99 2 BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA 3 5 4 3 1 2 4 2 51 1. 2. Cable & Sytem Tyre 60% 40% 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6,482 Millio Euro Italy Ret of Europe Cetral ad S. America North America Autralia, Aia ad Africa 12% 46% 17% 15% 10%

PROFIT & LOSS Euro/ Ml Net Sale Gro Op. Margi % o Net Sale Operatig Reult % o Net Sale 1999 6,482 331 5.1% FULL YEAR RESULTS 1998@ Var. 1998 Var. 5,289 678 678 10.5% 12.8% 378 7.1% +23% -12% 5,487 721 13.1% 412 7.5% +18% 678 0% -6% -20% Net pre-mioritie % o Net Sale 305 4.7% 240 4.5% +27% 276 5.0% +11% Net Reult 293 216 +36% 249 +18% Net Debt 1,017 288 265 @ AT 1999 EXCHANGE RATES

SALES VARIATIONS - 1999/1998 Var. % Volume Currecy Price Agri decoolidatio Mix ad other coolidatio TOTAL + 9.1% - 4.4% - 5.2% - 1.0% + 4.8% + 14.8% + 18.1%

EBIT VARIATIONS 1999/1998 Euro/ Ml Exchage rate (34) Agri - decoolidatio (11) Price (271) Total (316) Volume ad mix +155 Sieme, MM & ATCo - co. +39 Material +35 Efficiecy +67 Other (61) Total (81)

PERSONNEL EFFICIENCIES Employee at 31.12.1998 Acquiitio Efficiecie Agri decoolidatio *36,226 6,284 **(1,913) (494) Employee at 31.12.1999 ***40,103 * excludig acquiitio ** of which 1,101 o ew acquiitio *** icludig 2,192 temporarie

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Euro/ Ml Total Group 1999 1998 Net Debt 1,017* 265 Capital Expediture 469 415 R&D Expediture 200 196 Employee 40,103 38,209 *of which Euro 291 Ml due to ew acquiitio ad Euro 229 Ml to the merger with SIP

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT (Euro Ml) 331 348 1999 34 48 114 (647) (54) (91) (109) (185) (201*) (526) EBIT Deprec. Net ad Ivet. Amortizatio Operat. Other Work. ad Fud Capital Variatio Variatio Free Cah Flow Net fiacial charge Taxatio Divided Acquiitio paid of treaury hare Extraord. Item ad other Variatio Net Cah Flow *of which Euro 159 Ml due to ew acquiitio

12.5% WACC 6.9% 5.4% 10.3% KEY RATIOS ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED (Euro Ml) 11.8% 11.3% 7.7% 12.2% 10.2% 10% 9.0% NOPAT/CNI R.O.I. 12.8% 9.4% 8.8% 8.8% 8.3% 8.3% 7.4% 7.0% 9.2% EBIT 224 175 (230) NOPAT EVA 1994 1999 1994 1999 328 245 (131) 393 351 312 301 412 6 12 15 331 283 266 13

ENHANCING SHAREHOLDER S VALUE 650 550 450 350 + 495% i 7 year PIRELLI + 481% i 8 year 250 150 50-50 MIB (Mila Stock Idex) + 331% i 8 year Ja. 92 Dec. 99 BASE 1992 = 100

A VALUE ORIENTED TEAM STOCK OPTION PROGRAMS 1t tep (lauch: 1999) Icetive Pla (1999-2000): 300 Key Executive ad Cadre 2d tep (lauch: 2000) Retetio Pla for 800 people : Executive (90 Seior Executive) ad Key Cadre Icetive Pla (2000-2001): 90 Seior Executive Mai target for Icetive Pla: Net Reult ad EVA

PIRELLI S.P.A. STATUTORY ACCOUNTS a propoed by the Board to Shareholder Euro 1 9 9 9 1 9 9 8 Net Profit (millio) Divided Ordiary Savig 229 0.0826 0.0930 202 0.0723 0.0826

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