The company's purpose is to hold and manage participations as well as to provide management services. The company may also establish subsidiaries and branches, both domestically and abroad. Furthermore, the company may acquire, encumber, dispose of, and manage real estate, both domestically and abroad, and conduct all business activities that may be suitable to promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related thereto. The company may provide financial services to its affiliated companies and other companies associated with it, including granting loans or other financings and providing securities of all kinds for their liabilities, including pledges on, or security transfers and assignments of, the company's assets, or guarantees and sureties of all kinds, for a fee or free of charge.