The company's purpose is to acquire, manage, broker and exploit participations of all kinds in other domestic and foreign companies, in particular in trading, financial and industrial companies, to perform all related coordination, financing and management tasks, as well as to conduct trust and commission business and financing of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries at home and abroad and participate in other companies at home and abroad, as well as conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate at home and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.