The company's purpose is to participate in companies and manage assets of all kinds. The company may conduct financial transactions of all kinds and carry out all business directly or indirectly related to the aforementioned purposes. The company may perform all transactions in the field of movable and immovable property. Furthermore, it may participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing security of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties. This includes the pledge or fiduciary transfer of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, even if these loans or securities are granted in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are provided free of charge.