By acquiring participations in strategically important companies, we have broadened our corporate basis while achieving rapid growth — both on a national and international basis. Highly profitable energy utilities are at the heart of our commitment to participations whose core business is compatible with ours. In this way, we have been able to strengthen our position on the market as an energy-distribution utility as well as a value-added services provider. At the same time, we have been able to take advantage of synergies in procuring and distributing energy, have been expanding our customer base — especially for value-added services — and have been benefitting from a reciprocal exchange of know-how.