The company's purpose is to acquire, manage on a long-term basis and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign listed and unlisted companies. The company may carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are connected with the company's purpose. The company may grant loans and other financings to its direct and indirect parent companies as well as their direct or indirect subsidiaries and provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of any kind.