"Fiat S.p.A." Registered Office: via Nizza 250, Turin Share capital ...
"Fiat S.p.A." Registered Office: via Nizza 250, Turin Share capital ...
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pany of FIAT’s importance does not demonstrate<br />
confidence in Italy;<br />
he noted that VOLKSWAGEN shares increased 47%,<br />
BMW’s increased by 29% and DAIMLER’s by 26% and<br />
that VOLKSWAGEN’s profit was 21.8 billion while<br />
FIAT’s were fifteen times less at 1.4 billion;<br />
he believes that no blame could be attributed to<br />
the management, and reminded everyone that at<br />
VOLKSWAGEN, strikes are virtually non-existent<br />
with only one strike in the past twenty-five<br />
years;<br />
he observed that, with regard to liquidity,<br />
VOLKSWAGEN reduced its liquidity from 17 to 10.6<br />
billion in 2012, while FIAT, although smaller than<br />
VOLKSWAGEN, has a liquidity of 20.8 billion, de-<br />
spite higher interest rates paid by Italian compa-<br />
nies compared to their German counterparts;<br />
he asked whether this liquidity was a reserve in<br />
view of the increase in CHRYSLER;<br />
he claimed that it was a mistake not to distribute<br />
dividends because it signals a lack of confidence<br />
in Italy.<br />
The CEO Sergio MARCHIONNE<br />
stated that he did not wish to comment on paral-<br />
lels between FIAT and the government;<br />
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