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 Press Releases 2008
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30 October 2008
FIRST NINE MONTHS 2008
Meeting of the Board of Directors.
14 October 2008
PIAGGIO GROUP: STEFANO STERPONE TO HEAD NEW EMEA TWO-WHEELER SALES DIVISION
Stefano Sterpone has joined the Piaggio Group as head of the new EMEA Two-Wheeler Sales Division, reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer
2 October 2008
PIAGGIO GROUP: +81.1% GROWTH IN VEHICLE SALES IN THE USA FROM JANUARY TO AUGUST
Piaggio Group retail sales of scooters and motorcycles in the USA grew by 81.1% from January-August 2008, compared with the first eight months of 2007.
1 October 2008
PIAGGIO INDIA: MEETING IN ROME WITH MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT DELEGATION
The Chief Minister of the Indian State of Maharashtra,Vilasrao Dashmukh, met Piaggio Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Roberto Colaninno in Rome.
12 September 2008
BOARD AUTHORISES UPSTREAM MERGER OF MOTO GUZZI INTO AND WITH PIAGGIO
The Board of Directors of Piaggio & C. S.p.A. and the Board of Directors of Piaggio’s wholly owned subsidiary Moto Guzzi S.p.A. have authorised, pursuant to art. 2505, paragraph 2, of the Italian Civil Code and the two companies’ respective by-laws, the procedure for the upstream merger of Moto Guzzi into and with Piaggio, as proposed by the Boards of Directors of the two companies on 31 July 2008.
31 July 2008
First Half 2008 results
Meeting of the Board of Directors
29 July 2008
PIAGGIO GROUP SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH ZONGSHEN IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES BUSINESS
Signature during the Mayor of Chongqing’s visit to Pontedera
07 July 2008
Buy-back of 10,000,000 shares completed for the 2007 - 2009 incentives plan
Piaggio & C. S.p.A. said it had completed its buy-back programme for a total of 10,000,000 ordinary shares, representing 2.52% of share capital.

24 June 2008

Shareholders approve buy-back plan
The shareholders of Piaggio & C. S.p.A. have approved the ordinary share buy-back and disposal plan, as proposed by the Board of Directors on 7 May 2008.
12 June 2008
PIAGGIO GROUP: COLANINNO OPENS FIRST MEETING OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC COMMITTEE IN HANOI
Hanoi (Vietnam), 12 June 2008 - "Over the next two years, the Piaggio Group will multiply its technological capacity and production on the markets driving world growth.”
07 May 2008
Correction
With reference to the Piaggio Q1 2008 press release, the last sentence of the paragraph headed 'Net debt' should read: "At 31 March 2007, net debt stood at € 344.8 million"
07 May 2008
APPROVAL FOR 2007 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Piaggio & C. S.p.A. Shareholders' Meeting held today in Milan approved the parent company and Group figures for financial year 2007 as presented by the Board of Directors and published last 7 March.
07 May 2008
The Board of Directors approves the quarterly report at 31 March 2008
At a meeting today in Milan chaired by Roberto Colaninno, the Board of Directors of Piaggio & C. S.p.A. examined and approved the quarterly report at 31 March 2008
08 April 2008
Piaggio Group: Majority of banks exercise Piaggio & C. S.P.A. 2004-2009 Warrants
With reference to the Piaggio & C. S.p.A. 2004-2009 warrants issued as part of the Piaggio acquisition of Aprilia S.p.A., Piaggio said that compliantly with the warrant regulation almost all of the banks holding the warrants in question had exercised their warrants.
07 March 2008
Piaggio Group approves 2007 draft financial statements
At a meeting today in Milan chaired by Roberto Colaninno, the Board of Directors of Piaggio & C. S.p.A. examined and approved the 2007 draft financial statements to be presented to the Shareholders’ Meeting convened for 28 April and 7 May on first and second call respectively.
22 January 2008
Piaggio Group expands operations in India and Asia-Pacific
The Piaggio Group illustrated the strategic guidelines for expansion of the Group’s operations in Asia