The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and sell participations, to advise on the acquisition, holding, management and sale of participations, as well as to provide general advice on financial and business matters. The company may establish and acquire subsidiaries, acquire, encumber, develop and sell real estate, grant loans or other financing to other group companies, and provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such other companies, in particular in the form of guarantees of any kind and pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets.