The company's purpose is to acquire, manage, and dispose of participations of all kinds. The company may participate in other enterprises, as well as acquire, exploit, manage, and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights. It may establish subsidiaries and branches both domestically and abroad, and additionally, it may perform all legal acts that the company's purpose may entail. Furthermore, the company may conduct all business that is suitable to enable or promote the development of the enterprise or group companies. The company may participate in group financing, particularly by granting loans to its direct or indirect companies 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 direct or indirect companies or other group companies and are granted free of charge.