Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 08:21 pm:

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Ownership
Since 1926, Ducati has been owned by a number of groups and companies:
(1926–1950) Ducati Family
(1950–1967) Government IRI management
In 1953 split into Ducati Meccanica-now called Ducati Motor and Ducati Elettronica-now called Ducati Energia
(1967–1978) Government EFIM management (control over day-to-day factory operations)
(1967–1973) Headed By Giuseppe Montano[8]
(1973–1978) Headed by Cristiano de Eccher[9]
(1978–1985) VM Group
(1985–1996) Cagiva Group ownership
(1996–2005) Texas-Pacific Group (US-based) ownership and going public
Headed by CEO Federico Minoli, 1996-2001; returning for 2003–2007
(2005–2008) Investindustrial Holdings SpA (back in Italian hands)
(since 2008) Performance Motorcycles SpA (again in Italian hands and going private)[10]
An investment vehicle formed by Investindustrial Holdings, BS Investimenti and Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
FROM WIKIPEDIIA - not my favorite source . . but Im in the car

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Problems with Foreign Stocks

There is the problem of how to find, evaluate, and buy a foreign stock with confidence.
Fortunately, there are a number of foreign stocks that trade on U.S. stock exchanges just like American companies.

The investing community created American Depository Receipts (ADR) over 75 years ago to facilitate the trading of foreign stock. Here’s how they work.

A U.S. bank buys a large block of stock in a foreign company and bundles the shares for reissue on American stock exchanges. You can tell the foreign stock, because they always have “ADR” after the name.

http://stocks.about.com/od/investingstrategies/a/F orestock101104.htm

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