THE FIAT GROUP IN - Fiat SpA
THE FIAT GROUP IN - Fiat SpA
THE FIAT GROUP IN - Fiat SpA
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6 Financial assets not held as fixed assets<br />
Investments in other companies<br />
<strong>Fiat</strong> S.p.A. had no investments in other companies at December 31, 2001.<br />
This item consisted of 179,420 shares of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A., of which 135,920 earmarked for the conversion of the<br />
1991-2001 Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. warrants. The decrease of 753 thousand euros over the figure at the end of 2000<br />
reflects the disposal to warrant holders and to <strong>Fiat</strong> Ge.Va. S.p.A.<br />
Treasury stock<br />
This item consists of 2,100,000 ordinary shares with a total par value of 10,500,000 euros, earmarked for the Stock Option<br />
Plans. Treasury stock totaled 37,542 thousand euros at December 31, 2001. A breakdown of the net increase by 10,308<br />
thousand euros from December 31, 2000 is provided in the following table:<br />
(in thousands of euros)<br />
Purchases 26,261<br />
Writedown to market value during the last month of the year (15,953)<br />
Net change 10,308<br />
Financial receivables<br />
This item totaled 74,799 thousand euros at December 31, 2001, compared with 17,493 thousand euros at the end of 2000.<br />
A breakdown is provided below:<br />
(in thousands of euros) 12/31/01 12/31/00 Change<br />
Subsidiaries<br />
<strong>Fiat</strong> Ge.Va. S.p.A. 64,426 615 63,811<br />
Others<br />
Tax Authorities 10,373 16,878 (6,505)<br />
Total financial receivables 74,799 17,493 57,306<br />
This item consists of temporary liquidity left on deposit with the subsidiary <strong>Fiat</strong> Ge.Va. S.p.A. for corporate income tax refunds<br />
from 1990 for which Government securities have been requested in lieu of cash.<br />
7 Cash<br />
Bank and post office accounts<br />
This item, which at the end of the fiscal year amounted to 6,715 thousand euros, showed an increase of 6,553 thousand euros<br />
compared with the figure at December 31, 2000. It mainly consists of funds received from T.A.V. S.p.A. after the early release of<br />
amounts withheld in guarantee of work progress on the Turin-Milan line, to be paid to the CAV.TO.MI consortium upon its release<br />
of the relative performance bond.<br />
Checks<br />
This item, which at the end of the fiscal year amounted to 1,615 thousand euros, showed an increase by that amount compared<br />
with the figure at December 31, 2000. It consists of promissory notes issued by the Banca d’Italia in refund of the registration<br />
tax not owed on the capital increase of 1990.<br />
Cash on hand<br />
At December 31, 2001, cash on hand totaled 1 thousand euros, unchanged from the end of 2000.<br />
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