The company's purpose is to hold and manage investments in companies of any kind. The company may establish branches, participate in other domestic and foreign enterprises, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire or dispose of real estate, securities, patents, and other intellectual property rights, and enter into any transactions and conclude any contracts that are suitable for promoting the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related thereto. The company may provide financial services to its direct and indirect shareholders and other affiliated companies, in particular grant loans or other financing and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on, or security transfers and assignments of, the company's assets or by way of guarantees and sureties of any kind, for a fee or free of charge.