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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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