The purpose of the company is to hold and manage investments in domestic and foreign companies. The company may invest in companies of all kinds, as well as establish, acquire, hold, finance, manage, and dispose of such companies. The company may provide central services to its investment companies (in particular strategy, management, administration, finance/treasury, IT, legal/compliance, and marketing services); grant loans to its group companies as well as provide guarantees and security; acquire, hold, manage, and exploit intellectual property rights and licenses; acquire, hold, encumber, and dispose of real estate and properties abroad, to the extent not restricted by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG, «Lex Koller»); establish branches and subsidiaries domestically and abroad; and carry out all commercial, financial, and other activities that are related to the company's purpose or suitable to promote it.