Equity investments

Beneficiaries

Public or private limited companies under Luxembourg law whose main place of business is in the Grand-Duchy. Enterprises in competition with other Luxembourg enterprises within the same sector are not, in principle, eligible.

Purpose

To promote the creation, extension, conversion, reorientation and rationalisation of industrial and commercial enterprises.

Fixing of amounts

Amounts are fixed on a case-by-case basis by the Board of Directors and require approval by the Ministers of Finance and of the Economy. The statutory ceilings - 49% of the enterprise's capital, 10% of SNCI's capital and reserves - are applied unless a special derogation is granted by the government.

Return

SNCI enjoys the same rights as any other shareholder or associate company.

Duration

SNCI's equity stakes are, in principle, of limited duration.