Ducati ownership changes

The three main shareholders in Ducati Motor Holding have formed an "investment vehicle" called Performance Motorcycles S.p.A.   In March 2008 control private equity firm Investindustrial owned 15.6 percent of Ducati Motor Holding, SpA; Canadian pension fund HOPP owned 7.4 percent; and BS Investimenti held about 7 percent.

Italy's official body for regulating and supervising companies and stock exchanges has approved the move for Performance Motorcycles to acquire the €390.8 million bid to purchase the 70 percent of the company they didn't already own.

Ducati says a draft of the merger plan will be drawn up for approval by the board of directors in September. The merger will cause the delisting of Ducati by the end of the year.