Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA is a Belgium-based holding company with a portfolio of industrial investments, focusing on a small number of European companies that operate in a diversified range of sectors. At the end of fiscal year 2012, the Company's portfolio consisted of six principal share holdings: GDF Suez, Total, Lafarge, Pernod Ricard, Imerys and Suez Environnement. Other shareholdings included an interest in Arkema and Iberdrola. GBL has wholly owned subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Ireland, among others.