The company's purpose is to engage in the trade of all types of furnishings as well as the provision of consulting and management services in the furniture industry. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries both domestically and abroad and may participate in other companies both domestically and abroad. The company may acquire, encumber, dispose of, and manage real property both domestically and abroad. It may also undertake financing activities on its own account or for the account of others, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company may engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities that appear suitable to promote the company's purpose or are related thereto. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, either through loans or other financing means. It may also provide security for their liabilities of any kind, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of any kind, whether for a consideration or not, even if such financing or security is in the sole interest of companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved. The company may enter into cash pooling agreements with other group companies.