ROME, May 9 (Reuters) - The CEO of Telecom Italia (TIM)

said in an interview on Thursday he sees potential additional

benefits of almost 5 billion euros ($5.37 billion) from a new

business plan, adding they could in part be used for dividends

and actions to accelerate growth.

Speaking to Italian daily Il Messaggero, Pietro Labriola

also said there were several possible outcomes for ongoing talks

for the sale of TIM's Sparkle unit, which could be concluded

shortly.

Labriola said he believes there is no reason to believe that

Telecom Italia's plan to sell its fixed network grid to U.S.

fund KKR - the centerpiece of his business strategy -

will not be closed in the foreseen timeframe.

($1 = 0.9308 euros)

(Wrtiting by Francesca Piscioneri, editing by Alvise Armellini)