The company's purpose is to subscribe to, acquire, sell, manage and administer participations in all commercial, industrial, financial and real estate companies, excluding participations prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE), as well as all advisory and service activities related to group companies. The company may create subsidiaries and branches and hold participations in all companies. The company may acquire, hold, develop, manage, operate, encumber and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights (including patents, trademarks, licenses, manufacturing processes). The company may carry out all commercial, financial or other operations that are directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to group companies and third parties, including its shareholders (direct and indirect) and companies of their groups, including within the framework of centralized cash management agreements (cash pooling), and provide guarantees of all types for their commitments, including through pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of all types, for consideration or not.