The purpose of the company is to provide consulting and management services and to assume executive and board of directors mandates. In addition, the company may acquire, hold, manage, lease, and dispose of real estate as well as intangible assets and rights, and acquire, finance, hold, and manage participations in companies of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, both domestically and abroad, assume representations, and engage in any business activities and conclude contracts of any kind that may be conducive to the company's purpose or that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. It may acquire, hold, encumber, and sell real estate both domestically and abroad. In particular, 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, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide securities of any kind for the liabilities of these parties, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether or not for valuable consideration.