The company's purpose is to manage and administer the companies of the Berne SPV Limited group. It may also carry out all operations directly or indirectly related to its purpose or likely to further it. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to its object (excluding operations subject to the LFAIE). The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or to companies in which it holds a direct or indirect stake, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or to companies in which such shareholders hold a direct or indirect stake, whether by means of loans and/or other financing (excluding operations subject to the LFAIE). The company may constitute securities of any kind for its own commitments or those of the aforementioned persons, including by means of pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind or compensatory obligations, for a consideration or not, even if such financing, securities or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or of companies in which it holds a direct or indirect stake, or of direct or indirect shareholders or of companies in which such shareholders or companies hold a direct or indirect stake (excluding operations subject to the LFAIE).