Article 246 of Companies Law

Subject to the preceding Article, a holding company may undertake all or some of the following activities: 1 - Managing its subsidiaries or participating in the management of other companies in which it holds shares and providing them with the necessary support. 2 - Investing its funds in trading in shares, bonds, and other securities. 3 - Owning the immovable and movable property necessary to conduct its activity within the limits permitted by law. 4 - Financing or lending to companies in which it owns shares or equity interests and guaranteeing them before third parties. In this case, the holding company's participation in the borrowing company's capital must not be less than twenty percent. 5 - Owning intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks or industrial designs, franchise rights, and other intangible rights, and exploiting and leasing them to its subsidiaries or others, whether inside or outside Kuwait.