Star Conference 2007 - New York
On May 30th and 31st 24 companies belonging to the STAR segment of Borsa Italiana meet 60 international investors
On May 30th and 31st it will be held the third leg of the international roadshow of Borsa Italiana: the “STAR Conference 2007–New York”.
After the “Italian Investor Conference” held this year in New York on April 16th and 17th and the "Italian Large & Mid Caps Conference” on May 24th, both dedicated to the Blue Chips listed on Borsa Italiana, the “STAR Conference 2007–New York”, dedicated to the companies belonging to the STAR segment, represents the third of a series of international meetings which, also this year, will promote the Italian companies listed on Borsa Italiana towards the international financial community.
The “STAR Conference 2007-New York” will take place at Sheraton New York & Towers of Times Square, with the partnership of the major Italian and US brokers.
During the two days, the management of the 24 STAR companies will meet 60 investment houses with one-to-one and one-to-many meetings.
The next leg of Borsa Italiana’s roadshow will be on June 21st and 22nd in London with the “Italian Investor Conference” dedicated to the Blue Chips and, afterwards, still in London for the sixth edition of the “STAR Conference 2007 – London” to be held on October 3rd and 4th.
On October 16th and 17th it will be held the “Italian Investor Conference–Tokyo”, organized with Nomura in Japan.
Few days later, on October 23rd and 24th, the Blue Chips will be again at the centre of the meetings with the investors in Amsterdam for the “Italian Investor Conference” organized with ABN Amro.
The STAR Conference in Paris of November 28th and 29th will conclude the international 2007 roadshow of Borsa Italiana.
STAR, the High Requirements Securities Segment, at the end of 2001, the year of its launch, included 37 listed companies and €8.2 billion in capitalisation: today 77 companies are listed with a capitalisation of €27.3 billion (+233%).
At the same time the All Stars index, which represents all the segment’s stocks, has increased by 95%.
STAR confirms to be the most liquid market segment in Europe for the companies with a capitalisation up to € 1 billion. In 2001 the daily average of trading value on each share was about € 450,000 while in 2006 it increased to € 1.6 million (+250%). In the same period the average turnover velocity of the entire segment (i.e. the ratio of trading turnover to average capitalisation) has nearly doubled rising from 77% in 2001 to 130% in 2006.
The industrial performances of STAR shares have also recorded a continuous progress: the aggregate figures relating to revenues growth rates in the last three years (2004 – 2006) have in fact recorded an increase of 54%, representing a compound average rate of 11%. In the same period the EBIT increased 82%, representing a compound average rate of 16%.
These are the 24 companies present in New York:
ACTELIOS
AICON YACHTS
ANSALDO STS
ASTALDI
BIESSE
BUONGIORNO
CREMONINI
DADA
DATALOGIC
DUCATI MOTOR HOLDING
EEMS
ENGINEERING
EUROTECH
FIERA MILANO
GUALA CLOSURES
IMA
ISAGRO
JUVENTUS FC
MARIELLA BURANI
MIRATO
NICE
POLTRONA FRAU
POLYNT
SOCOTHERM
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