The company's purpose is to manage and administer, as well as acquire and dispose of, participations in companies of all kinds, both domestically and abroad. The company may conduct financing and security transactions, as well as management tasks, also for the benefit of or in the interest of affiliated companies, and engage in other types of investments. The company may establish branches and agencies, both domestically and abroad, by resolution of the board of directors. The company may acquire, encumber, and dispose of intellectual property rights and real estate, both domestically and abroad. It may participate in other companies, both domestically and abroad, acquire or establish similar or related companies, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it.