The purpose of the company is to acquire, finance and permanently manage participations in companies of all kinds at home and abroad. The company can conclude any kind of financial transactions, including the use of derivative instruments, as well as acquire, exploit, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches at home and abroad, and furthermore carry out all legal transactions that may be connected with the purpose of the company or are suitable to promote its development or that of group companies. In addition, the company can participate directly or indirectly in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect subsidiaries or other group companies or by providing guarantees, sureties or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its subsidiaries or other group companies and are granted free of charge.