The purpose of the company is to acquire, establish, hold, finance, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds. Furthermore, the company aims to purchase, develop, sell, license and use intellectual property rights such as trademarks, signs, designs and copyrights. The company may also carry out all legal transactions that may be connected with the purpose of the company or that are suitable to promote or facilitate its development or that of group companies, including the acquisition of real estate. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, its direct or indirect shareholders and companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether by means of loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by means of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.