The purpose of the company is to acquire and permanently manage participations in companies of all kinds, as well as to conduct financial transactions and financings of all kinds, both domestically and abroad. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, both domestically and abroad, and participate in other companies, both domestically and abroad. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate, both domestically and abroad. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financings to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, and provide security for their liabilities of all kinds, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets, guarantees and sureties of any kind, whether remunerated or not. The company may enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related thereto.