The acquisition, holding and disposal of participations in all types of companies, corporations or intellectual property rights, in particular the creation, control, acquisition, financing, holding or disposal of companies, corporations or intellectual property rights; the company may create subsidiaries and branches; the company may acquire, hold, encumber and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights; the company may carry out all commercial, financial or other transactions 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) as well as companies of these shareholders' groups, and provide collateral of all kinds for their obligations, including through pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of all kinds, for consideration or not.