Piaggio Entering the Stock-Market

MILAN, Italy Piaggio & c. s.p.a. has requested the admission of its ordinary shares to the Italian Telematic Stock Market on the 10th March 2006. The start of the sale has been planned for today, 11th July 2006.The public offer for Piaggio shares has closed with request of 2.4 times the offer. The request from the Italian and foreign institutional investors reached even three times the offered quantity.