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Our Cornerstone Investor<br />

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert is a holding company controlled by two families (Frère of Belgium and Desmarais of Canada)<br />

listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange since 1956. With net assets of €20 billion, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert is one of<br />

Europe's largest holding companies<br />

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert's primary objective is to create value for its shareholders over the medium to long term. Therefore,<br />

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert strives to maintain and promote the growth of a portfolio of investments focusing to a large extent<br />

on a small number of important industrial companies with regard to which it can play its role as a professional shareholder<br />

This portfolio is meant to evolve over time in terms of companies' development and market opportunities. Groupe Bruxelles<br />

Lambert invests in companies that offer potential to create value for shareholders and sells investments deemed to have<br />

reached maturity<br />

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert’s portfolio consists mainly of participations in listed global industrial and services companies,<br />

such as SGS, Total, Imerys, LafargeHolcim, Pernod Ricard, Umicore, Ontex, adidas, Burberry, GEA and Parques Reunidos.<br />

Next to its main portfolio, GBL is active in alternative investment strategies and asset classes through Sienna Capital, its<br />

financial pillar<br />

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