Worldwide trade in goods of all kinds; may establish branches, participate in other companies, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire, hold, sell and grant patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds, acquire, hold and sell real estate, provide loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent, sister or subsidiary companies for consideration or free of charge, and provide security of all kinds for liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on the company's assets or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of all kinds.