The company's purpose is to acquire, manage, and exploit participations in enterprises of all kinds, both domestically and abroad, including the financing, purchase, sale, and management of assets of all kinds, as well as the acquisition and exploitation of intellectual property rights. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, both domestically and abroad, and may participate in other companies, both domestically and abroad. It may acquire, encumber, dispose of, and manage real property, both domestically and abroad. The company may conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of others, as well as provide security for the liabilities of affiliated companies and third parties.