The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in other companies. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, as well as enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may acquire, sell, encumber, manage, rent and develop real estate. The company may provide financing for its own account or for third-party account, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company may also acquire, register, manage, encumber and dispose of patents, licenses and intellectual property rights of all kinds. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries, as well as to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide collateral of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.