Fiat SpA (FIA.MI) is in no rush to purchase the remainder of Chrysler from a United Auto Workers trust fund and cannot be forced to launch a Chrysler IPO until 2013, Fiat Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said. The Italian carmaker has increased its stake in Chrysler to 52 percent, raising speculation Marchionne may be aiming to take full control of Chrysler -- of which he is also chief executive. The VEBA trust fund holds a 45.7 percent stake in the Detroit-based carmaker. "We are not obliged to buy (the VEBA stake)," Marchionne told reporters on Monday.
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