Carrying out forwarding and logistics services of all kinds; holding participations; acquiring, managing, brokering and disposing of licenses, patents and other intangible assets as well as real estate; granting loans and other financing to affiliated companies and individuals (including direct and indirect parent and sister companies, as well as companies affiliated with them) and providing collateral for any obligations of these other companies and individuals, in particular in the form of guarantees, sureties, pledges and security assignments of the company's assets, whether for consideration or gratuitously.