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									Pininfarina outlined its recapitalisation 
									plan and revealed that Vincent Bolloré, Tata Limited, the Italian 
									businessmen Alberto Bombassei and Piero 
									Ferrari, and the Marsiaj family have all 
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						The Shareholders’ Meeting of 
						Pininfarina S.p.A., convened on Monday in ordinary and 
						extraordinary session, meeting under the chairmanship of 
						Andrea Pininfarina:  
					
					
					1. Approved the 2007 Annual Report of 
					Pininfarina S.p.A. and reviewed the consolidated financial 
					statements, which confirm that the improvement in EBITDA 
					announced during the year is continuing and show a net loss 
					of 114.5 million euros caused mainly by extraordinary 
					writedowns of loans receivable and other assets (69.5 
					million euros);  
					2. Reviewed projections for the current year, which 
					underscore the Company’s unwavering commitment to a 
					continuous improvement in profitability;  
					3. Reviewed and approved the industrial and financial growth 
					plan developed with the advisory support of Roland Berger 
					and Rothschild, which is designed to relaunch the Company by 
					leveraging its excellence in manufacturing, developing a 
					Pininfarina electric car, strengthening its balance sheet 
					and financial position, and maximizing the value of the 
					Pininfarina brand;  
					4. Was informed of the additional disclosures provided to 
					supplement the information contained in the Annual Report, 
					as requested by the Consob on April 24, 2008;  
					5. Decreased from nine to eight the number of Directors who 
					sit on the Board and authorized the purchase and disposition 
					of up to 400,000 treasury shares;  
					6. Authorized the Board of Directors, for a period of up to 
					5 years, to carry out a contributory share capital increase 
					to be implemented, in one or more installments, through the 
					issuance of common shares that eligible shareholders may 
					acquire through the exercise of subscription rights, for a 
					maximum amount of 100 million euros, including additional 
					paid-in capital;  
					7. Amended the Articles of the Bylaws that concern the 
					deadline for convening Shareholders’ Meetings and the limit 
					on the number of governance posts that may be held by 
					Statutory Auditors, making them consistent with recent 
					changes in the applicable regulations  
					
					
					The Pininfarina family will underwrite 
					its pro rata share of the capital increase, exercising the 
					rights it will receive, relying in part on the support of 
					new investors. In this regard, in addition to Vincent 
					Bolloré, who has already stated his willingness to support 
					the capital increase, Tata Limited, the Italian businessmen 
					Alberto Bombassei and Piero Ferrari, and the Marsiaj family 
					have expressed an interest in such a transaction. 
					 
					
					
					The table below shows the operating and 
					financial highlight for 2007 and provides a comparison with 
					those at December 31, 2006:  
					
						
							| 
							 
							
							(amounts in millions of euros)  | 
							
							 
							
							2007  | 
							
							 
							
							2006  | 
							
							 
							
							Amount of change  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Production value  | 
							
							 
							
							670.4  | 
							
							 
							
							588.8  | 
							
							 
							
							+81.6  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							EBITDA  | 
							
							 
							
							12.8  | 
							
							 
							
							-11.9  | 
							
							 
							
							+24.7  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Result from operations  | 
							
							 
							
							-33.8  | 
							
							 
							
							-43.5  | 
							
							 
							
							+9.7  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Extraordinary writedowns  | 
							
							 
							
							-69.5  | 
							
							 
							
							-  | 
							
							 
							
							-69.5  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							EBIT  | 
							
							 
							
							-103.3  | 
							
							 
							
							-43.5  | 
							
							 
							
							-59.8  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Net profit (loss)  | 
							
							 
							
							-114.5  | 
							
							 
							
							-21.9  | 
							
							 
							
							-92.6  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Net financial position  | 
							
							 
							
							-185.4  | 
							
							 
							
							-120.9  | 
							
							 
							
							-64.5  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Shareholders’ equity  | 
							
							 
							
							39.0  | 
							
							 
							
							155.1  | 
							
							 
							
							-116.1  | 
						 
					 
					
					
					EBITDA represent the profit or loss from 
					operations before depreciation, amortization and additions 
					to provisions/The result from operations is equal to EBIT 
					before deducting extraordinary writedowns/EBIT represent the 
					profit or loss from operations.  
					
					
					Pursuant to of Article 154 bis, Section 
					2, of the Uniform Finance Code, Gianfranco Albertini, in his 
					capacity as Corporate Accounting Documents Officer, declares 
					that the accounting information provided in this press 
					release is consistent with the information in the supporting 
					documents and in the Company’s other documents and 
					accounting records.  
					
					
					1. 2007 RESULTS OF THE PININFARINA GROUP
					 
					
					
					The 2007 value of production shows an 
					increase of 13.9% compared with the amount reported in 2006, 
					reflecting the positive impact of the Ford Focus Coupé 
					Cabriolet order in its first year of full production. EBITDA 
					were positive by about 12.8 million euros, confirming that 
					the turnaround that began in the last few quarters is 
					continuing and gaining momentum. When a comparison is made 
					with the negative EBITDA of 11.9 million euros reported in 
					2006, the Groups’ performance is even more impressive, with 
					EBITDA growing by 24.7 million euros.  
					 
					The result from operations (loss of 33.8 million euros) also 
					improved, compared with a loss of 43.5 million euros in 
					2006, reflecting the contribution of efficiency gains at the 
					Group’s Italian production facilities. The programs 
					implemented to increase operating efficiency and reduce 
					fixed costs succeeded in bringing the Group back to 
					profitability at the EBITDA level, but the benefits they 
					produced were not large enough to offset the cost of 
					depreciating the capital assets in which the Group invested 
					in previous years in anticipation of substantially higher 
					production volumes than those achieved in 2007. Moreover, 
					the result from operations reflects in part the reduced 
					contribution provided by gains on asset sales, which in 2007 
					were 7 million euros less than the previous year. 
					 
					
					
					EBIT were adversely affected by the need 
					to adjust the carrying values of the Group’s assets to a 
					level consistent with the projections of the new industrial 
					and financial plan. Based on the results of an impairment 
					test of loans receivable and other assets, the Company 
					decided to recognize extraordinary writedowns to adjust 
					downward the value of these assets, adding an extraordinary 
					charge of 69.5 million euros to already negative EBIT. The 
					impairment test was based on the production volumes already 
					billed to customers and on a conservative estimate of 
					volumes to end of contracts, compared with original 
					investment payback projections.  
					
					
					Net financial expense totaled 10.6 
					million euros, as against net financial income of 20.8 
					million euros in 2006. However, the amount reported in 2006 
					included extraordinary financial income of 22.8 million 
					euros generated by the sale of trading securities. Net of 
					non-recurring components, the increase in financial expenses 
					is due to a rise in average indebtedness, the writedown of 
					loans receivable and a reduction in interest income caused 
					by the lower volumes generated by some production orders.
					 
					
					
					The profit contributed by the Pininfarina 
					Sverige joint venture amounted to 3.3 million euros, as 
					against a loss of 0.9 million euros at December 31, 2006. 
					The Group’s Swedish operations have benefited from the 
					continuing commercial success of the Volvo C70, both in 
					Europe and the United States.  
					
					
					The loss for the year, which includes 
					taxes of 3.8 million euros (tax benefit of 1.7 million euros 
					at December 31, 2006), totaled 114.5 million euros, compared 
					with a loss of 21.9 million euros in 2006. The loss for the 
					year accounts for most of the reduction in shareholders’ 
					equity, which decreased by 116.1 million euros, falling from 
					155.1 million euros in 2006 to 39 million euros at December 
					31, 2007. The net financial position was negative by 185.4 
					million euros. The deterioration of 64.5 million euros, 
					compared with a negative balance of 120.9 million euros at 
					the end of 2006, is chiefly the result of a writedown of 
					loans receivable amounting to 53.6 million euros. 
					 
					
					
					An analysis of the data by business 
					segment shows that the manufacturing operations generated 
					value of production of 536.1 million euros (19.5% more than 
					in 2006), which is equal to 80% of total consolidated value 
					of production (up from 76% the previous year). For the 
					reasons mentioned above, EBIT attributable to this business 
					segment were negative by 106.7 million euros (loss of 44.9 
					million euros in 2006).  
					
					
					The service operations, which include 
					design, industrial design and engineering, reported value of 
					production of 134.3 million euros (140.3 million euros at 
					December 31, 2006), equal to 20% of total consolidated value 
					of production (compared with 24% the previous year). EBIT 
					attributable to this business segment were positive by 3.3 
					million euros, more than double the 1.4 million euros earned 
					in 2006, This increase is the result of an improved 
					performance by the Group’s international operations and 
					reflects growth in services provided to non-Group 
					manufacturers.  
					
					
					The table below shows the operating and 
					financial highlight of Pininfarina S.p.A., the Group’s 
					Parent Company:  
					
						
							| 
							 
							
							(amounts in millions of euros)  | 
							
							 
							
							2007  | 
							
							 
							
							2006  | 
							
							 
							
							Amount of change  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Production value  | 
							
							 
							
							576.2  | 
							
							 
							
							518.6  | 
							
							 
							
							+57.6  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							EBITDA  | 
							
							 
							
							6.5  | 
							
							 
							
							-15.0  | 
							
							 
							
							+21.5  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Result from operations  | 
							
							 
							
							-36.3  | 
							
							 
							
							-41.8  | 
							
							 
							
							+5.5  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Extraordinary writedowns  | 
							
							 
							
							-69.5  | 
							
							 
							
							-  | 
							
							 
							
							-69.5  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							EBIT  | 
							
							 
							
							-105.9  | 
							
							 
							
							-41.8  | 
							
							 
							
							-64.1  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Net profit (loss)  | 
							
							 
							
							-117.4  | 
							
							 
							
							-16.5  | 
							
							 
							
							-100.9  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Net financial position  | 
							
							 
							
							-157.4  | 
							
							 
							
							-91.9  | 
							
							 
							
							-65.5  | 
						 
						
							| 
							 
							
							Shareholders’ equity  | 
							
							 
							
							56.1  | 
							
							 
							
							173.5  | 
							
							 
							
							-117.4  | 
						 
					 
					
					
					To a very significant extent, the 
					comments provided when reviewing the consolidated data are 
					also applicable to those of Pininfarina S.p.A. Considering 
					the Company’s operating performance in 2007 and in view of 
					current negotiations to reschedule/refinance its 
					indebtedness, the Shareholders’ Meeting did not approve a 
					dividend distribution.  
					
					
					2. OUTLOOK FOR 2008  
					 
					Projections for the current year call for EBITDA to show 
					significant growth, rising to more than 5% of the value of 
					production, due to the following factors:  
					
					
					- A sharp improvement in the performance 
					of the manufacturing operations, thanks to the launch of new 
					versions of the Alfa Spider and Ford Focus Coupé Cabriolet;
					 
					- Building on a trend that began in the second half of 2007, 
					a further reduction in fixed and variable costs, which will 
					be achieved by steadily raising efficiency levels and 
					streamlining the manufacturing organization;  
					- The launch of service activities related to the 
					development of an electric car.  
					
					
					The result from operations is expected to 
					show a significant improvement, even though it will remain 
					negative.  
					At the end of 2008, the net financial position should not be 
					much different from the level shown in the preliminary 
					year-end data, due to the impact of the Financial Plan.
					 
					
					
					3. PRESENTATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL PLAN 
					AND FINANCIAL PLAN  
					
					
					The Industrial and Financial Plan 
					approved by the Board of Directors on March 10, 2008 was 
					presented to the Shareholders’ Meeting. The objectives of 
					the new Industrial Plan are to maximize opportunities in the 
					electric car business, refocus the Group’s contract vehicle 
					manufacturing services, expand its design and engineering 
					services and maximize the value of the Pininfarina Brand.
					 
					
					
					The Company intends to be a leader in the 
					market for electric vehicles, introducing by 2010 the first 
					luxury city car under the Pininfarina brand, with zero 
					emissions and zero fuel consumption. This project will thus 
					be fully consistent with the approved guidelines, as they 
					apply to strengthening manufacturing, leveraging knowhow and 
					maximizing brand value. In developing its innovative 
					electric car, Pininfarina will exploit both the outstanding 
					competencies of the entire Pininfarina Group in the areas of 
					design and product and process engineering and the knowhow 
					and strong competitive advantage provided by the cutting 
					edge technology developed by Bolloré, Pininfarina strategic 
					partner, in the production of the Lithium Metal Polymer 
					batteries that will be installed in the automobile, enabling 
					it to deliver a better performance than competing vehicles. 
					
					
					This new opportunity will allow the 
					Company to approach more selectively the contract vehicle 
					manufacturing business, with the specific goal of achieving 
					lower risk and higher profitability than under its current 
					contracts. The joint venture with Volvo will continue to be 
					a strategic asset for the Group in this area. The Group’s 
					Design and Engineering operations — which have grown 
					steadily in recent years enabling Pininfarina to achieve a 
					market share of more than 7% and rank among the top five 
					European companies in this industry — will be a further 
					source of growth: the Design organization, which recently 
					won accolades at the Geneva Motor Show for its Sintesi 
					concept car, will fully leverage its strong position in the 
					luxury goods market to seize opportunities created by 
					growing interest in “green tech design,” while the 
					Engineering activities will focus on integrating the proven 
					competencies of the Group’s organizations in Italy, France, 
					Germany and Morocco.  
					
					
					The main operating and financial 
					objectives are:  
					
					
					- EBITDA margin higher than 7% by 2010;  
					- Breakeven result from operations in 2009;  
					- A ratio of net financial position to EBITDA of less than 
					1.0x by 2010.  
					
					
					As announced when presenting the 
					preliminary year-end data and the draft financial 
					statements, the Company provided the market with exhaustive 
					information about the Industrial and Financial Plan approved 
					by the Board of Directors on March 10, 2008, both on the 
					occasion of a meeting with members of the financial 
					community and the financial press held at the Milan Stock 
					Exchange on Thursday, April 24, 2008 and by publishing the 
					English version of both presentations on its website the 
					same day.  
					
					
					4. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES PROVIDED TO 
					SUPPLEMENT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE 2007 ANNUAL 
					REPORT OF PININFARINA SPA 
					
					
					By a communication dated April 24, 2008, 
					File No. DEM/8038769, Proceedings No. 20081569/1, the Consob, 
					the public authority responsible for regulating the Italian 
					securities market, acting pursuant to Article 114, Section 
					5, of Legislative Decree No. 58/98, asked the Company to 
					provide additional disclosures to supplement the information 
					contained in its 2007 Annual Report in response to a series 
					of requests for clarifications set forth in the 
					abovementioned communication.  
					As requested by the Consob, the remarks that follow provide 
					explanations with regard to each of the abovementioned 
					requests for clarifications.  
					
					
					1. Guidelines and objectives of the 
					industrial and financial plan, including launch and 
					marketing schedules for new products, main assumptions 
					underlying the abovementioned objectives and mention of 
					risks and uncertainties inherent in the feasibility of the 
					plan’s assumptions  
					
					
					The industrial and financial plan was 
					presented to the financial community on April 24, 2008. A 
					version in English was posted on the Company website the 
					same day. The plan was also discussed at the Shareholders’ 
					Meeting and an Italian version will be posted later today on 
					the Company website. In addition to the documents already 
					presented and available on the Company website, the Company 
					also discloses that:  
					- On average, the design and engineering service operations 
					will account for 23% of the total revenues of the group 
					headed by Pininfarina S.p.A.;  
					- The Plan calls for the Group’s Contract Vehicle 
					Manufacturing (CVM) operations to introduce a new product in 
					2012;  
					- Under the Plan, manufacture of the electric car will begin 
					in 2010 with production starting at 2,000 units and ramping 
					up to 15,000 units at full capacity in 2012.  
					Insofar as the risks inherent in the overall implementation 
					of the plan are concerned, the Company believes that they 
					are not different from those entailed by any business 
					endeavor.  
					
					
					No problems are anticipated with regard 
					to the expected performance of the service operations, whose 
					contribution to total revenues was conservatively project to 
					hold steady at the level reported in 2007.  
					- The underlying assumptions applied to the new CVM product 
					call for the Company to assume smaller commercial and 
					financial risks, compared with the existing contracts, with 
					an attendant reduction in projected volumes, compared with 
					the two main current production contracts.  
					- As for the risks specifically related to the production 
					and marketing of an electric car, they arise from the degree 
					to which the market will be willing to accept a product that 
					embodies technologies and a manner of use that are 
					substantively different from those of products currently on 
					the market. Information about the opportunities available in 
					this business segment is provided in the presentation made 
					to the financial community of April 24 and today. 
					 
					
					
					2. Remarks by the Board of Directors in 
					response to the qualifications contained in the reports of 
					the Independent Auditors and the Board of Statutory Auditors 
					regarding the existence of significant doubts about the 
					Company’s viability due to uncertainties about the project 
					to reschedule/refinance its bank debt and carry out a 
					related share capital increase.  
					
					
					The documents made available to the 
					shareholders in connection with the statutory and 
					consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2007 show 
					that the Independent Auditors retained to audit the 
					financial statements of Pininfarina S.p.A., in the report 
					provided pursuant to Article 156 of Legislative Decree No. 
					58/98, made reference “to the planned 
					rescheduling/refinancing of the bank indebtedness and the 
					related share capital increase, the outcome of which, 
					uncertain at this point, could raise significant doubt about 
					the Company’s future viability." 
					 
					The Board of Statutory Auditors, in the report provided 
					pursuant to Article 153 of Legislative Decree No. 58/98 and 
					Article 2429, Section 3, of the Italian Civil Code, stated 
					that it concurred with the abovementioned qualification by 
					the Independent Auditors and, “consequently, considered the 
					successful conclusion of the rescheduling/refinancing of the 
					bank indebtedness and the related share capital increase of 
					fundamental importance for the Company’s future viability.”
					 
					 
					The following considerations are in order with regard to 
					this issue:  
					The Board of Directors believes that the possibility of 
					executing a rescheduling/refinancing agreement is realistic, 
					since all of the banks that are expected to sign the 
					agreement have given the Company their full support. 
					Specifically, their support is demonstrated by the 
					well-known fact that, since December 2007, there has been in 
					place a moratorium of principal repayments owed by 
					Pininfarina S.p.A. under the existing loan agreements with 
					which all of the lender banks that are expected to be 
					parties to the abovementioned rescheduling/refinancing 
					agreement (with the exception of Fortis Bank S.A - N. V.) 
					have complied. The definition of the 
					rescheduling/refinancing agreement, which in all likelihood 
					will occur during an extension of the existing moratorium, 
					is expected to take place within a few weeks. 
					 
					Once this agreement is executed, the share capital increase 
					will be carried out with the timing and terms decided by the 
					Board of Directors, consistent with the indications provided 
					in the accompanying report submitted with the motion to 
					grant the Board of Directors the power to increase the 
					Company’s share capital, pursuant to Article 2443 of the 
					Italian Civil Code, and described in the answer provided in 
					Item 7 below.  
					 
					As explained repeatedly in the past, the Board of Directors 
					may exercise the power to increase the Company’s share 
					capital, provided such power is granted by today’s 
					Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, only if the agreement 
					to reschedule/refinance the existing bank indebtedness that 
					is currently being negotiated can be concluded and, in any 
					case, taking into account conditions in the financial 
					markets. Against this background, the Company is also in 
					negotiations with major banks for the purpose of awarding 
					them the assignment of establishing a consortium to 
					guarantee the underwriting of the capital increase. 
					 
					
					
					The Board of Directors, having been 
					informed of the advanced stage reached by the negotiations 
					of an agreement to reschedule/refinance the Company’s 
					indebtedness, believes that, under the circumstances, it is 
					highly likely that such an agreement will be reached 
					quickly. It is important to note that, irrespective of 
					market conditions and of the implementation of the share 
					capital increase, the Company is solvent and generates 
					sufficient cash flows to justify, over the medium term, the 
					definition of an agreement to reschedule/refinance its 
					existing bank indebtedness over a time horizon, consistent 
					with current market practices. 
					 
					The accuracy of the situation described is also demonstrated 
					by the fact that the resources generated through the share 
					capital increase will be used to develop an electric car and 
					strengthen the Company’s balance sheet and financial 
					position and not to reduce indebtedness owed to the lender 
					banks, which, consistent with the terms of the 
					rescheduling/refinancing agreement, will benefit exclusively 
					from the cash flow generated by the Company’s operations. 
					The highly unlikely possibility that an agreement to 
					reschedule/refinance the Company’s debt could not be reached 
					with the lender banks would create some risk with regard to 
					the Company’s viability.  
					
					
					3. Business outlook with indication of 
					the main variables affecting the income statement, financial 
					position and balance sheet that the Company can reasonably 
					anticipate will be viewed by the market as necessary for an 
					informed decision about its expectations, and of the 
					uncertainties entailed by the process of quantifying these 
					expectations and determining the fiscal year in which the 
					Company will regain its overall economic equilibrium. 
					 
					
					
					The expectations for the current year 
					were presented at the meeting with the financial community 
					held on April 24, 2008 and at the Shareholders’ Meeting. A 
					table with the highlights of the 2008 targets is included in 
					a presentation that can be downloaded from the Company 
					website and was distributed to the shareholder attending the 
					Shareholders’ Meeting. Early results for the current year 
					confirm that these targets are achievable. Under the plan, 
					breakeven at the operating level is projected for 2009. At 
					present, it is still impossible to determine the year when 
					bottom-line breakeven will be achieved because work is still 
					ongoing on the definition of the financial plan and, 
					consequently, assumptions about debt service costs in future 
					years are not yet sufficiently reliable.  
					
					
					4. Bank debt exposure, as of the most 
					recent date after December 31, 2007, listing the types of 
					facilities, amount of credit provided and used, currency, 
					maturity and status of each facility, with detailed 
					information about any debt collection actions taken by 
					banks, financial institutions or other parties. 
					 
					
					
					At March 31, 2008, the gross indebtedness 
					of Pininfarina S.p.A. amounted to 604.4 million euros, 
					compared with 608.8 million euros at December 31, 2007. The 
					decrease is due exclusively to a reduced use of short term 
					credit lines. A breakdown of the balance at March 31, 2008 
					is as follows:  
					- Indebtedness for obligations under finance leases of 349.7 
					million euros;  
					- Indebtedness for bank financing facilities of 201.2 
					million euros;  
					- Indebtedness for utilization of short-term credit lines of 
					53.5 million euros.  
					
					
					Excluding the amount previous provided by 
					Fortis Bank S.A.- N.V. (10 million euros), the amount 
					currently available under short-term credit lines is 60 
					million euros. Pending the conclusion of an agreement to 
					reschedule the existing debt, the average maturity of 
					indebtedness owed under finance lease and bank facilities is 
					2.5 years. As for the distinction between current and 
					long-term debt, the long-term portion of the Company’s 
					indebtedness, when computed in accordance with the criterion 
					provided in IAS 1.65, amounts to 11.8 million euros. At 
					present, aside form the action filed by Fortis Bank S.A.- 
					N.V., which is discussed in Item 6 below, no credit 
					collection action has been taken by banks, financial 
					institutions or other parties.  
					
					
					5. Description of any financial 
					compliance covenants contained in the existing loan 
					agreements and information about them.  
					
					
					The existing loan agreements (including 
					contracts with leasing companies) do not contain financial 
					compliance covenants. However, some contract do include 
					commitments and obligations that are customary in such types 
					of credit facilities, including negative pledge clauses 
					(commitment to refrain from providing some lenders with 
					collateral or guarantees) and pari passu clauses applicable 
					to all lender banks. Pininfarina S.p.A. has scrupulously 
					complied with these clauses.  
					
					
					6. Detailed description of legal 
					initiative taken in connection with credit collection 
					actions by Fortis Bank S.A. – N.V. and/or other lenders
					 
					
					
					Thus far, Fortis Bank S.A. – N.V. is the 
					only bank that has filed a legal action against Pininfarina 
					S.p.A.  
					More specifically, as explained in the section of the Report 
					on Operations entitled “Significant Events Occurring Since 
					December 31, 2007,” on March 28, 2008, the Company was 
					served with a temporarily enforceable injunction for the 
					amount of about 35 million euros obtained by Fortis Bank S.A. 
					– N.V. on March 18, 2008.  
					This injunction is for the repayment in full of financing 
					provided on January 20, 2006, with respect to which, pending 
					the negotiation of the moratorium agreement, Pininfarina 
					S.p.A. failed to pay a single principal installment of 
					3,500,000 euros due on December 31, 2007, but did pay the 
					corresponding accrued interest.  
					
					
					By virtue of the abovementioned 
					injunction, Fortis Bank S.A. – N.V. entered a Court ordered 
					mortgage lien on Company buildings in Grugliasco, Beinasco 
					and Cambiano. On April 22, 2008, Pininfarina filed with the 
					Court of Milan a complaint challenging the temporarily 
					enforceable injunction notified by Fortis Bank S.A.- N.V., 
					asking to Court:  
					- preliminarily, to void or, otherwise, suspend the 
					temporary enforceability of the challenged injunction;  
					- on the merit and in the main, find that the claim put 
					forth by Fortis Bank S.A.- N.V. does not exists and, 
					consequently, rule that the challenged injunction is void or 
					ineffective or, otherwise, void or revoke the abovementioned 
					injunction;  
					- alternatively, find that Fortis Bank S.A.- N.V. is only 
					entitled to the payment of a single principal installment 
					and, consequently, void or revoke the challenged injunction 
					or rule that it is void or ineffective or, otherwise, reduce 
					the amount of the challenged injunction.  
					
					
					In the meantime, on April 19, 2008, 
					Fortis Bank S.A.- N.V. notified an additional temporarily 
					enforceable injunction for about 10 million euros concerning 
					the repayment of financing provided to Pininfarina S.p.A. 
					pursuant to an agreement for the establishment of a credit 
					line executed in October 2004. With regard to this 
					agreement, Fortis Bank S.A.- N.V. availed itself of the ad 
					nutum cancellation clause, while a moratorium agreement was 
					being negotiated with all of the lender banks, even though 
					Pininfarina S.p.A. had performed all of its obligations 
					under this agreement.  
					
					
					The Company intends to challenge this 
					additional injunction on timely basis. The Company is 
					already in negotiations with Fortis Bank S.A.- N.V. to 
					quickly settle this dispute within the context of and 
					consistent with the broader negotiations that are being 
					carried out to reschedule/refinance the Company’s entire 
					debt exposure  
					
					
					7. Factors upon which the Directors will 
					base decisions about the timing and amount of the upcoming 
					share capital increase; update about the negotiation for the 
					establishment of a guarantee consortium and indications 
					about the willingness of the Company’s shareholders to 
					underwrite the share capital increase.  
					
					
					A. As explained in the report of the 
					Board of Directors that accompanies the motion to amend 
					Article 5 of the Bylaws for the purpose of delegating to the 
					Board of Directors the power to increase the Company’s share 
					capital, the power thus delegated will be exercised only 
					after an agreement to reschedule/refinance the Company’s 
					indebtedness is executed and consistent with the terms of 
					such an agreement. 
					 
					In view of the abovementioned circumstances and in order to 
					allow maximum flexibility in the manner in which the share 
					capital increase will be carried out, the proposed 
					delegation of power would allow the Board of Directors to 
					increase the Company’s share capital — by a total amount of 
					about 100 million euros, including additional paid-in 
					capital — in one or more installments and, possibly, through 
					the use of warrants attached to the newly issued shares. 
					Moreover, the Board of Directors would have the power to 
					determine the timing of and any other issue related to the 
					share capital increase, including the subscription price, 
					taking into account conditions in the financial markets and 
					the price of the Company’s shares, in order to determine the 
					best possible moment for the implementation of the share 
					capital increase. 
					 
					The timing and conditions of the share capital increase and 
					the determination whether warrants should be issued and/or 
					whether the share capital increase should be carried out in 
					one or more installments will be determined by the Board of 
					Directors consistent with the terms of the refinancing 
					agreement and any restrictions contained therein and, in any 
					case, taking into account market conditions and the price of 
					the Pininfarina shares. At this point, no decision has been 
					made with regard to these issues because, as explained in 
					Item 2 above, the Company is currently in negotiations with 
					its lender banks, which have agreed since December 1, 2007 
					to a moratorium of principal repayments, to define the terms 
					of an agreement to reschedule/refinance the existing 
					indebtedness.  
					
					
					B. As for the guarantee consortium, in 
					March, the Company began negotiations with two major banks 
					to define the terms of the assignment to establish such a 
					consortium. Currently, these negotiations are still ongoing, 
					since the terms of the assignment must be consistent with 
					the terms and conditions of the debt 
					rescheduling/refinancing agreement, which, as we all know, 
					have not yet been defined.  
					
					
					C. Lastly, with regard to the willingness 
					of the shareholders to underwrite a portion of the share 
					capital increase, the Company confirms that, as announced to 
					the market, the entire portion of the share capital increase 
					for which the companies controlled by the Pininfarina family 
					will be offered subscription rights will be underwritten by 
					these companies and, in all likelihood, other investors. 
					Specifically, the abovementioned companies are expected to 
					subscribe a sufficient number of newly issued shares to 
					ensure that, after the share capital increase is 
					implemented, the Pininfarina family will continue to hold an 
					equity interest equal to at least 30% of the entire share 
					capital. 
					 
					To the best of the Company’s knowledge, the rest of the 
					newly shares for which the Pininfarina family would receive 
					option rights would be subscribed by investors who have 
					expressed an interest in acquiring an equity interest in 
					Pininfarina S.p.A., to whom the Pininfarina family would 
					sell the corresponding option rights. At present, these 
					investors include Vincent Bolloré, Tata Limited, the Italian 
					businessmen Alberto Bombassei and Piero Ferrari, and the 
					Marsiaj family.  
					
					
					The preceding information, which is being 
					provided to comply with a request by the Consob, has been 
					forwarded to the Board of Statutory Auditors for any 
					relevant observations.  
					
					
					5. REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS 
					AND AUTHORIZATION TO BUY AND SELL TREASURY SHARES 
					 
					
					
					The Board of Directors currently in 
					office was elected by the Shareholders’ Meeting of May 12, 
					2006, which set at nine the number of Directors sitting on 
					the Board. Following the resignation of the Director Franco 
					Bernabè on September 28, 2007, the Board of Directors has 
					eight members. The decision not to fill the vacancy caused 
					by Mr. Bernabè’s resignation is based on the consideration 
					that future share capital transactions could alter the 
					Company’s shareholder base and require changes in the 
					composition of the Board of Directors. For this reason and 
					considering that Article 15 of the Bylaws allows for a Board 
					of Directors comprised of seven to eleven members, the 
					Shareholders’ Meeting approved a resolution reducing from 
					nine to eight the number of Directors who will be sitting on 
					the Board, until a different resolution is approved. 
					 
					
					
					The Shareholders’ Meeting also approved 
					the purchase of up to 400,000 treasury shares. Up to 250,000 
					of these shares will be reserved for the implementation of 
					the 2002-2004 and 2005-2007 stock option plans reserved for 
					executives of the Company and its Italian subsidiaries. The 
					authorization to purchase the treasury shares, in one or 
					more installments, will be valid for 18 months from the date 
					of the resolution. The share may be purchased at a price 
					that shall not be more than 15% lower or more than 15% 
					higher than the closing price of the shares for the stock 
					market trading session held on the day before the 
					transaction. Lastly, the resolution authorizes the sale at 
					any time, in one or more installments, of the treasury 
					shares already held and of those purchased pursuant to the 
					foregoing resolution. The sales price may not be lower by 
					more than 10% than the closing price of the shares for the 
					stock market trading session held on the day before the 
					transaction or, if the shares are used in connection with 
					stock option plans, less than the market value of the share 
					at the time the options were awarded, computed in accordance 
					with the applicable tax laws. Currently, Pininfarina S.p.A. 
					holds 15,958 treasury shares, equal to about 0.2% of the 
					entire share capital.  
					
					
					Upon the approval of today’s resolution, 
					the Shareholders’ Meeting voided an earlier resolution dated 
					May 11, 2007, pursuant to which the Company purchased 40.352 
					shares (average price 25.65 euros) and sold 52.192 shares 
					(average price 23.14 euros). These purchases and sales were 
					executed to implement the 2002-2004 and 2005-2007 stock 
					option plans.  
					
					
					6. SHARE CAPITAL INCREASE 
					 
					
					
					The Shareholders’ Meeting, acting 
					pursuant to Article 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, 
					authorized the Board of Directors, for a period of up to 5 
					years, to carry out, in one or more installments, a 
					contributory share capital increase of up to 100,000,000.00 
					to be implemented through the issuance of common shares that 
					the shareholders of Pininfarina S.p.A. may acquire through 
					the exercise of subscription rights. The abovementioned 
					authorization empowers the Board of Directors to determine, 
					on each occasion, the manner, terms and conditions of the 
					capital increase, including the subscription price, taking 
					into account market conditions and the prices of the 
					Pininfarina shares during the period immediately preceding 
					the transaction. The Board of Directors is also authorized 
					to determine on each occasion the portion, if any, of the 
					share capital increase that will be reserved for the 
					exercise of warrants and the required warrant regulations. 
					The share capital increase will be used to develop the 
					Pininfarina electric car, strengthen the Company’s balance 
					sheet and financial position and support the implementation 
					of the industrial and financial plans approved by the Board 
					of Directors on March 10, 2008.  
					
					
					7. AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS 
					 
					
					
					Lastly, the Shareholders’ Meeting amended 
					Articles 9 and 24 of the Bylaws, which concern, 
					respectively, the deadline for convening Shareholders’ 
					Meetings and the limit on the number of governance posts 
					that may be held by Statutory Auditors, making the 
					abovementioned provisions consistent with recent changes in 
					the applicable regulations. 
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