Brederode is an investment holding company that manages a portfolio of listed and unlisted ('private equity') investments. The purpose of portfolio management is to increase the wealth of shareholders over the long term not only generating recurring dividend income but also and above all through gains on the disposals of investments. Co. focuses its investments on 'private equity' primarily through fixed-term partnerships with other institutional investors, participating in the capital of companies operating primarily in the United States, Western Europe, and the Asia-Australia zone.

GIMV is a listed investment company, specializing in private equity and venture capital and active in small and medium buyouts, growth financing and technology investments. Co. is also present with technology investments across Europe and in Israel, Japan and the USA. Co. invests in ICT (Technology), environmentally friendly technology (Cleantech) and Life Sciences.

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. operates through the following segments: Imerys, which consists of the Imerys group that operates in four business lines of energy solutions and specialties, filtration and performance additives, ceramic materials, and high resistance minerals; and Financial Pillar, which includes, on the one hand, under investment activities, the companies Sienna Capital, Ergon Capital Partners (ECP), ECP II, ECP III, PAI Europe III, Sagard, Sagard II and Sagard III, Kartesia and Merieux Participations I and II and, on the other hand, under consolidated operating activities, the operating subsidiaries of ECP III.

Heineken Holding is a holding company based in the Netherlands. Through its subsidiaries, Co. promotes the continuity, independence and stability of the Heineken group. This creates the conditions which enable Heineken N.V. to pursue its long-term policy in the interest of the shareholders, the staff and other stakeholders. Co. does not engage in operational activities itself. These have been assigned within the Heineken group to Heineken N.V. and its subsidiaries and associated companies. Through Heineken N.V., Co. is involved in the brewing and selling of beer.

KBC Ancora's principal activity is the maintenance and management of its shareholding in KBC Group with a view to ensuring, in collaboration with Cera, MRBB and the Other Permanent Shareholders, the shareholder stability and continuity of KBC Group. Co.'s assets consist almost entirely of this participating interest in KBC Group. Thus its recurrent income consists principally of the dividend it receives from its participating interest in KBC Group.

Quest for Growth Privak Leuven is a Belgium-based closed-end private equity fund. The Fund focuses on European technology-based growth companies covering such sectors as life sciences, information technology, software, semiconductors, telecom, electronics, new materials and special situations in other growth sectors. The Fund invests in growth companies with the objective of converting capital gains into tax-free income through the Privak structure, an investment vehicle tailored to provide a framework for investments in private equity and in growth companies. As of Dec. 31, 2013, the Fund's investment portfolio totaled Euro120,264,108 and assets totaled Euro125,347,624.

Solvac is a holding company. Through its subsidiary, Solvay, Co. is active in Chemistry. Co. manufactures and sells chemicals and plastics products. Its operations can be divided into two business segments: Chemicals and Plastics. In the Chemicals Sector, Co.'s produts are divided into four clusters which are the Minerals cluster; the Electrochemistry and Fluorinated Products cluster; the Oxygen cluster; and the Organic cluster. In the Plastics sector, Co.'s products can be divided into 2 different clusters which are Specialties and Vinyls. The Specialties cluster comprises Specialty polymers and Inergy Automotive Systems. The Vinyls cluster comprises Vinyls and Pipelife.