The company's purpose is to acquire and manage participations in companies as well as to finance companies affiliated with or closely related to the company, both domestically and abroad. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches, as well as participate in other companies. The company may acquire, hold, encumber, and sell real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to group companies and third parties, including its (direct and indirect) shareholders and their group companies, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide collateral of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.