The primary purpose of the company is to acquire, hold, finance, and permanently manage (holding) as well as to dispose of majority participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds, in particular participations in companies providing financial services, in industrial companies, in traders and service providers of goods of all kinds, and to provide consulting services in this context. The company may carry out all transactions within the scope of the company's purpose on its own account or on account of others or broker such transactions. The company also aims to trade in goods of all kinds on its own account or on account of others, both domestically and abroad. It can provide and broker related consulting services and other services and carry out financings. Furthermore, the company can, domestically and/or abroad, 1. acquire, hold, and dispose of real estate; 2. carry out all financial, commercial, and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company; 3. hold, acquire, use, or dispose of intellectual property rights that are related to the company's purpose; 4. establish branches and subsidiaries; and 5. participate in other companies or merge with them. The company is part of a group of companies and may, in pursuing its corporate purpose, take into account the interests of this group. The company may grant loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other companies of the group and provide securities of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, including by pledging or security transfer of its own assets or guarantees of any kind, even if such loans or securities are in the sole interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge.