The company's purpose is to acquire, sell, finance, hold and manage investments in enterprises of all kinds as well as related activities. The company may establish branches, participate in other domestic and foreign enterprises, acquire or merge with similar or related businesses, acquire or dispose of real estate, securities, patents and other intellectual property rights, and enter into any transactions and conclude any contracts that are suitable for promoting the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related thereto. The company is part of a group and, in pursuing its purpose, it may take into account the interests of the group. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries as well as to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including without limitation within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security for the liabilities of these companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. This may be done without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and assuming clustering risks.