The purpose of the company is to acquire and hold participations in and to finance companies that develop technologies for the construction and maintenance of roads, manufacture plants and machines, provide systems and services in this context. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches, acquire, hold and sell real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may also carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to group companies and third parties, including its (direct and indirect) shareholders and their group companies, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.