The company's purpose is to carry out all operations directly or indirectly related to the acquisition of participations in any form, in any company, as well as the administration, management, control and development of these participations; it may notably use its funds for the creation, management, development and liquidation of a portfolio consisting of all securities, financial instruments, bonds, treasury bills, participations, shares, trademarks and patents or intellectual property rights of any origin, participate in the creation, administration, management, development and control of any company, acquire by way of contribution, subscription, firm commitment or option to purchase and in any other manner, all securities, trademarks, patents or intellectual property rights, realize them by way of sale, assignment, exchange or otherwise, develop these businesses, trademarks, patents and intellectual property rights, grant to the companies in which it has an interest all assistance, loans, advances or guarantees and/or to affiliated companies and/or companies belonging to its group of companies, the group being defined as the group of companies including the parent companies, their subsidiaries and the entities in which the parent companies or their subsidiaries hold a participation, excluding operations prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (for full purpose see articles of association).