The purpose of the company is to provide consulting and other services related to the acquisition, management, and sale of investments of all kinds, both domestically and internationally, as well as in the areas of corporate strategy, business development, market analysis, and related fields. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, both domestically and internationally, participate in other companies, acquire, manage, and dispose of intellectual property rights such as patents and licenses, act as a representative, and engage in any business activity and conclude contracts of any kind that may be conducive to the company's purpose or that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, and sell real estate, both domestically and internationally, except for transactions prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). In pursuing its corporate purpose, the company may consider the interests of the shareholders. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financings to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, within the framework of cash pooling agreements (including zero balancing), and provide securities of any kind for the liabilities of these parties, including by pledging or fiduciary transfer of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. This may also be done without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's profit motive, and/or by assuming clustering risks.