The company's purpose is to establish, acquire, manage, sell, finance and control participations in enterprises of all kinds, both domestically and abroad. The company may engage in any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may invest assets in securities and provide financing of all kinds, in particular grant loans to third parties or shareholders or secure such loans. The company may participate in other enterprises, acquire, utilize, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches domestically and abroad, and perform any legal transactions that may be necessary to achieve the company's purpose. Furthermore, the company may conduct any business that is suitable to enable or promote the development of the enterprise or group. The company may participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect subsidiaries or other group companies or providing guarantees, sureties or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if such loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect subsidiaries or other group companies and are provided free of charge.