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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Stevanato Group S.p.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001849853
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-40618
		FILM NUMBER:		231204732

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PIOMBINO DESE (PD) VIA MOLINELLA, 17
		CITY:			PADUA
		STATE:			L6
		ZIP:			35017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		39 049 9318173

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PIOMBINO DESE (PD) VIA MOLINELLA, 17
		CITY:			PADUA
		STATE:			L6
		ZIP:			35017
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">RULE&nbsp;13a-16&nbsp;OR&nbsp;15d-16</FONT></FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For the month of&nbsp;August 2023 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Number:&nbsp;001-40618</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stevanato Group S.p.A. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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17 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>35017 Piombino Dese &#150; Padua </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Italy </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of
principal executive office) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;20-F&nbsp;or&nbsp;Form&nbsp;40-F.</FONT></FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form&nbsp;40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The following exhibits are furnished as part of this <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;6-K:</FONT> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Franco Moro</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Convening Notice </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>to the Extraordinary General Meeting
of Shareholders </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>on October&nbsp;4, 2023 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Shareholders of Stevanato Group S.p.A. (&#147;<B>Stevanato</B>&#148; or the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;) are invited to attend the
extraordinary shareholders&#146; meeting (the &#147;<B>Shareholders&#146; Meeting</B>&#148;) which will be held &#150; in compliance with Articles 10 and 11 of the Company&#146;s bylaws (the &#147;<B>Bylaws</B>&#148;) &#150; solely <I>via</I>
teleconference, on <B>October</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;4, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. CEST (10:00 a.m. EDT)</B> , on single call, to discuss and resolve on the following </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">Delegation to the Board of Directors, pursuant to Article 2443 of the Italian Civil Code, of the authority
to increase the Company&#146;s share capital, in cash and on a divisible basis, on one or more occasions, for a maximum overall amount not exceeding Euro 350,000,000.00 (three hundred fifty million/00), including any share premium, to be executed by
issuing, also in one or more tranches, ordinary shares, with no par value, carrying full dividend rights, with exclusion of the existing shareholders&#146; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-emptive</FONT> right pursuant to Article 2441, Paragraph
4, second sentence (and, therefore, within the limit of 10% (ten per cent) of the overall number of Company&#146;s shares currently outstanding), to be exercised within 5 (five) years from the date of approval of the delegation by the
shareholders&#146; meeting; consequent amendment of Article 6 of the Bylaws; further related resolutions. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>I. Right to attend and vote at the Shareholders&#146; Meeting </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Pursuant to Article 2355 of the Italian Civil Code and Articles 7.1, 7.6 and 11 of the Bylaws, the right to attend and/or vote at the
Shareholders&#146; Meeting is regulated as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">persons, other than Stevanato itself, being registered on the Company&#146;s Shareholders&#146; Book
(<I>Libro Soci</I>) as holders of Class&nbsp;A shares on the Shareholders&#146; Meeting date (such persons, the &#147;<B>Class</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;A Shareholders</B>&#148;) are entitled to attend and vote at the Shareholders&#146; Meeting according
to the modalities set out in paragraph II.1 below; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">persons, other than Stevanato itself, being registered on both the Company&#146;s US Shareholders&#146;
Register and the Company&#146;s Shareholders&#146; Book (<I>Libro Soci</I>) as holders of ordinary shares at the closing of the trading day (according to the New York time zone) falling on the twenty-fifth day preceding the Shareholders&#146;
Meeting date (or, in case such day is not a trading day, on the preceding trading day), <I>i.e</I>. on <U>September</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;8, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. EDT (10:00 p.m. CEST)</U> (such date, the &#147;<B>Record Date</B>&#148;; such persons, the
&#147;<B>Registered Shareholders</B>&#148;) are entitled to attend and vote at the Shareholders&#146; Meeting according to the modalities set out in paragraph II.1 below; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="justify">persons, other than Stevanato itself, holding, directly or through brokers or other intermediaries, the
beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares deposited at the Depositary Trust Company and registered on both the Company&#146;s US Shareholders&#146; Register and the Company&#146;s Shareholders&#146; Book (<I>Libro Soci</I>) in the name of
Cede&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Co. (the &#147;<B>Holder of Record</B>&#148;) at the Record Date (such persons, the &#147;<B>Beneficial Shareholders</B>&#148;) are entitled to vote at the Shareholders&#146; Meeting collectively, through the Holder of Record,
by giving voting instructions to Computershare S.p.A. (&#147;<B>Computershare IT</B>&#148;), in its capacity as substitute proxy specifically appointed by the Holder of Record, in relation to the item on the agenda, according to the modalities set
out in paragraph II.2 below. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">For the sake of clarity, persons being registered on both the Company&#146;s US
Shareholders&#146; Register and the Company&#146;s Shareholders&#146; Book (<I>Libro Soci</I>) as holders of ordinary shares, or persons acquiring the beneficial ownership of the ordinary shares, after the Record Date shall not be entitled to attend
and vote at the Shareholders&#146; Meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Persons being registered on both the Company&#146;s US Shareholders&#146; Register and the
Company&#146;s Shareholders&#146; Book (<I>Libro Soci</I>) after the Record Date but prior to the opening of the Shareholders&#146; Meeting shall be regarded, respectively, as absent from the Shareholders&#146; Meeting and not voting in favor of the
resolutions approved by the shareholders at the Shareholders&#146; Meeting for the purpose of challenging such resolutions pursuant to Article 2377 of the Italian Civil Code. However, Beneficial Shareholders being such on the Record Date and
obtaining registration on both the Company&#146;s US Shareholders&#146; Register and the Company&#146;s Shareholders&#146; Book (<I>Libro Soci</I>) prior to the Shareholders&#146; Meeting date shall be entitled to challenge the resolutions approved
by the Shareholders&#146; Meeting pursuant to Article 2377 of the Italian Civil Code subject to providing proof not to have voted in favor of the relevant resolutions as Beneficial Shareholders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>II. Modalities of attendance and voting at the Shareholders&#146; Meeting </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>II.1 Class&nbsp;A Shareholders and Registered Shareholders </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Class&nbsp;A Shareholders and Registered Shareholders have the right to attend and vote at the Shareholders&#146; Meeting either in person,
<I>via</I> teleconference, or by a representative appointed, according to the provisions of Article 2372 of the Italian Civil Code, by means of a proxy granted in writing or through a document electronically signed pursuant to Italian Legislative
Decree no. 82 of March&nbsp;7, 2005 (such representative, the &#147;<B>Proxy</B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Computershare IT is available to serve as Proxy
for Class&nbsp;A Shareholders and Registered Shareholders and vote at the Shareholders&#146; Meeting on their behalf, in relation to the item on the agenda, according to the instructions received, at no costs or expenses for Class&nbsp;A
Shareholders and Registered Shareholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Without prejudice to the shareholders&#146; rights set forth by the applicable law,
Class&nbsp;A Shareholders and Registered Shareholders are requested to inform the Company in advance of their intention to attend personally (or, if legal entities, by the legal representative or other attorney) the Shareholders&#146; Meeting
<I>via</I> teleconference, to appoint a Proxy, or to give voting instructions to Computershare IT. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">To this end, the holders of
Class&nbsp;A shares as of the Record Date and Registered Shareholders will receive, respectively, from the Company or the Transfer Agent and Registrar Computershare Inc. (&#147;<B>Computershare US</B>&#148;), at the address resulting from the
Shareholders&#146; Book (<I>Libro Soci</I>), (i) this notice, (ii)&nbsp;a form to be completed by the Class&nbsp;A Shareholders and Registered Shareholders intending to attend personally (or, if legal entities, by the legal representative or other
attorney) the Shareholders&#146; Meeting to provide the participants&#146; relevant personal information (the &#147;<B>Participant Information Form</B>&#148;), and (iii)&nbsp;a form to be completed by the Class&nbsp;A Shareholders and Registered
Shareholders in order to appoint Computershare IT or another Proxy to attend and vote at the Shareholders&#146; Meeting on their behalf and provide it with voting instructions on the item on the agenda (the &#147;<B>Proxy Card</B>&#148;).
Instructions for completing and returning, as applicable, the Participant Information Form or the Proxy Card to the Company or Computershare US and joining the Shareholders&#146; Meeting <I>via</I> teleconference shall be included therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Class&nbsp;A Shareholders shall return, as applicable, the Participant Information Form or the Proxy Card, together with the required
attachments, to the Company (or, in case Computershare IT is appointed as Proxy, to Computershare IT) preferably by <U>September</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;29, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. EDT (10:30 p.m. CEST)</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Registered Shareholders shall return, as applicable, the Participant Information Form or the Proxy Card, together with the required
attachments, to Computershare US by <U>September</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;29, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. EDT (10:30 p.m. CEST)</U>. </P>
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attending personally the Shareholders&#146; Meeting with the teleconference access link no later than <U>October</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;3, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. EDT (10:00 p.m. CEST)</U>, by notice sent to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-mail</FONT>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">In order to be admitted to attend the Shareholders&#146; Meeting, if so requested by the Chairman of the Shareholders&#146; Meeting,
Class&nbsp;A Shareholders, Registered Shareholders and Proxies shall identify themselves by presenting an identity document. Proxies shall also present, if so requested by the Chairman of the Shareholders&#146; Meeting, a copy of the Proxy Card or
other proxy issued by the relevant Class&nbsp;A Shareholders and Registered Shareholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>II.2 Beneficial Shareholders </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">Beneficial Shareholders have the right to give voting instructions to Computershare IT, in its capacity as substitute proxy specifically
appointed by the Holder of Record, in relation to the item on the agenda of the Shareholders&#146; Meeting, at no costs or expenses for them. </P>
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the latter the form to be used to provide Computershare IT with voting instructions in relation to the item on the agenda at the Shareholders&#146; Meeting (the &#147;<B>Voting Instruction Form</B>&#148;), as well as instructions regarding the
completion and transmission of the Voting Instruction Form. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>III. Shareholders&#146; Meeting materials </B></P>
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Shareholders and Registered Shareholders, at the Company&#146;s registered office, at Via Molinella, 17, 35017 Piombino Dese &#150; Padua (Italy), and, also to Beneficial Shareholders and the public, in the section Corporate Governance &#150;
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