The company's purpose is to acquire, manage, and dispose of participations. The company may acquire, hold, encumber, and dispose of real estate. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, both domestically and abroad, and participate in other companies. The company may engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities related to its purpose. The company may undertake financing on its own or another's account, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including under cash pooling agreements (including zero balancing), and provide security for the obligations of these parties in any form, including by pledging or fiduciary transfer of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. This may be done without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's profit motive, and/or by assuming clustering risks.