The company's purpose is to acquire, manage, and dispose of participations, as well as to provide management, control, and coordination functions for participating companies. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, both domestically and abroad, and may invest in other companies, both domestically and abroad, as well as conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose or that is suitable for promoting its development or that of group companies. The company may acquire, exploit, manage, and dispose of real property and intellectual property rights, both domestically and abroad. 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, as well as companies in which they are directly or indirectly involved, either through loans or other financing, including under cash pooling agreements, and may provide securities of any kind for their liabilities, including through pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or through guarantees of any kind, whether for a fee or not.