Acquisition, operation and maintenance as well as sale and management of properties; participations; acquisition, exploitation, management and disposal of plots of land and intellectual property rights; can also perform all legal acts that may be necessary or suitable to promote the purpose of the company or the development of group companies; furthermore, the company can participate directly or indirectly in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or by providing guarantees, sureties or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge.