The purpose of the company is to operate one or more restaurants or other catering and hotel businesses, as well as to provide related services, particularly in the areas of catering, take-away, event catering, and gastronomy consulting. In addition, the company may participate in, establish, acquire, and merge with other companies of any kind, both domestically and abroad. It may acquire, encumber, and dispose of real properties and intellectual property rights, both domestically and abroad, and may establish branches and agencies, both domestically and abroad, by resolution of the management. The company may engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities that are related to the purpose of the company. Furthermore, the company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent company, all other affiliated companies, or third parties, and provide security of any kind for the obligations of such other companies or third parties, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether for consideration or not.