The company aims to acquire and manage participations. The company can finance the participation companies. Furthermore, it can carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. The company can grant loans and other financings to its direct and indirect parent companies and shareholders, as well as their direct and indirect subsidiaries, and provide collateral of all kinds for liabilities of such companies and shareholders, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, global assignments, security transfers, security assignments and indemnification declarations, whether against payment or not.