The company's purpose is to hold participations in financial, trading and industrial companies of all kinds. The company may acquire and sell securities and conduct financial transactions of all kinds, in particular grant loans. The company may participate in group financings, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders as well as their direct or indirect subsidiaries or other group companies, or by providing guarantees or other securities of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge. Furthermore, the company may acquire, hold and sell real estate and carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are connected with the company's purpose.