Acquisition, financing, purchase, holding, management, administration, encumbrance, sale and realization of participations of any form in companies of any kind, as well as the related consulting, provision of services to subsidiaries and exercise of all other functions associated with a holding company, in particular but not exclusively assumption of management, leadership, control and supervisory functions, assumption of management tasks, assumption of representations, financing, investment of capital of any kind, management of investments of any kind and provision of consulting services of any kind; participations; brokerage, financing, acquisition, holding, management, administration, use, leasing to third parties, encumbrance, trading, sale or realization of any other type of securities, investments, intangible assets or rights, raw materials of any kind, movable assets of any other kind as well as real estate of any kind; conclusion of all other legal transactions related to these assets; taking out loans and credits for itself, its affiliated companies, shareholders and third parties; granting loans and credits to its affiliated companies, shareholders and third parties; assuming liability as guarantor for loans and credits of its affiliated companies, shareholders or third parties or providing other guarantees or securities of any kind, in particular by pledging or fiduciary transfer; entering into and assuming exchange liabilities; making any other form of short-term, medium-term or long-term investments, financings and financial transactions.