The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies at home and abroad, as well as to manage its own assets. The company may also acquire, manage and exploit intellectual property rights such as patents and licenses, take out loans and grant such loans to third parties. It may establish subsidiaries and/or branches at home and abroad, and conduct all business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.