- In Italy, the FINANZIARIA holding company has launched a public purchase bid of around EUR 723 million (i.e. 0.634 euros per share) for BENI STABILI, a long-established company active in real-estate which made net profits of EUR 61.5 million in 2003 with a real-estate portfolio of EUR 2.5 billion. LUXOTTICA currently controls BENI STABILI with 30% of the capital.