The company's purpose is the generation, transmission, distribution, utilization, and marketing of electrical and other energy, as well as the provision of services of all kinds in the fields of energy and the environment. The company may participate in other enterprises, as well as acquire, utilize, manage, and dispose of business premises and intellectual property rights. It may establish subsidiaries and branches, both domestically and abroad, and may also perform all legal acts that the company's purpose may entail or that are suitable for promoting its development or that of group companies. 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 they are directly or indirectly involved. This financing may be in the form of loans or other financing, including under cash pooling agreements, and may also provide securities of any kind for their liabilities, including pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets, or guarantees of any kind, whether for a fee or not.