The purpose of the company is to provide services to companies within the group. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, both domestically and abroad, participate in other companies, act as a representative, engage in any business activities, and enter into any type of contract that may promote the company's purpose or be directly or indirectly related to it. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, and sell real estate both domestically and abroad, except for transactions prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). As part of a group, the company may consider the interests of the group in pursuing its corporate purpose. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and 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 security for the liabilities of these parties in any form, including by pledging or fiduciary transfer of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. This may be done without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's profit motive, and/or by incurring clustering risks.