The purpose of the company is the acquisition, holding, management, financing, and sale of participations in companies, real estate, and other assets, both domestically and abroad, as well as business consulting, particularly in the areas of strategy, organization, business development, interim management, and executive coaching, and all services related thereto. The company is authorized to establish branches and subsidiaries, both domestically and abroad, to participate in other companies of any kind, to assume representations, and to conduct business and enter into contracts that appear suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related thereto. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financings to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, and may provide security for the obligations of such companies, in particular by pledging or transferring assets of the company in trust, or by guarantees of any kind. This may also be done without consideration, on preferential terms, interest-free, excluding the company's intention to make a profit, and/or assuming cluster risks.