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Stockholders
Financial communication
Fiat maintains a constant dialogue with its Stockholders and
Institutional Investors, pursuing an active policy of
communication with them through its Investor Relations
function. Over the course of the year, the Investor Relations
function organises presentations, live or through conference
calls, after the quarterly publication of Group results or other
events requiring direct communication to the market. Moreover
the programme includes several seminars that provide a more
in-depth understanding of the operating performance and
strategies of the principal Group Sectors, as well as meetings
and roadshows that permit a direct relationship between the
financial community and the Group’s top management. During
2007 the principal European (London, Paris, Milan,
Scandinavia) and North American (New York, Boston, San
Francisco) stock exchanges were involved to provide updates
on the results achieved during the year and illustrate
objectives of and progress made on the Group’s plan for the
2007-2010 period, which was presented to analysts and
investors in November 2006.
More information is available on the Group’s institutional
website www.fiatgroup.com. The Investor Relations section
provides historical financial data, institutional presentations,
period publications and real time updates on the Fiat stock.
The following contacts are also available for Fiat stockholders:
For holders of Fiat shares:
Toll-free number in Italy:
800-804027
E-mail:
[email protected]
investor[email protected]
For holders of ADRs:
Toll-free number in the USA and
Canada: 800 749 1873
Outside the USA and Canada:
[phone]
Website: www.adr.db.com
2007 was dominated by two opposing trends: average market performance was positive for the first nine months, while it turned
into negative in the last quarter, severely impacted by the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the United States, which generated extreme
uncertainty on the global credit and financial system. The final results for international markets showed year-on-year growth of
6.4% for the Dow Jones, while the Nikkei index contracted by 11%. On European markets, the best performance was posted by the
Frankfurt stock exchange (+22%), with good year-on-year performances by Madrid (+7%), London (+3.8%), and Paris (+1.3%). The
Italian Stock Market closed the year down by 7.8%, and the S&P Mib40 index also closed 7% lower than a year before.
The European automotive market grew by 24.9% confirming the positive trend recorded in 2006. The Fiat stock posted growth of
22.3% from 2006.
16 Report on Operations Stockholders
Performance of Fiat stock with respect to Mibtel and Eurostoxx indexes since January 1, 2006 (1/1/06=100)
and average monthly trading volume (in millions of ordinary shares)
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