Direct or indirect acquisition, permanent management, financing and disposal of participations in companies, in particular in vitamin and fine chemicals companies, in China; can acquire, use and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, order securities and provide guarantees for its shareholders or other group companies, and grant loans. The company is economically, organizationally and legally integrated into a group of companies (conglomerate) and thus also pursues and protects the legitimate interests of the group. Within the framework of the legal provisions, the company directs its activities towards the group and takes into account, in particular, internal group instructions.