Holding, managing, and financing of participations in companies domestically and abroad as well as acquiring, managing, and exploiting intellectual property rights. Can establish branches and subsidiaries domestically and abroad, grant loans, assume guarantees and securities, provide management, administrative, and consulting services to affiliated companies, acquire, manage, encumber, and dispose of real estate, intellectual property rights, and licenses of all kinds, and enter into all transactions and conclude all contracts that are suitable for directly or indirectly promoting the purpose of the company or are related thereto.