The company's purpose is to carry out activities of all kinds in the construction, real estate, and crafts sectors, to perform general contracting activities, to provide services of all kinds in the construction industry, and to trade in goods of all kinds, including import and export. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries, both domestically and abroad, assume representations, engage in any business activities, and enter into contracts of any kind that may promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, hold, encumber, and sell real estate both domestically and abroad, with the exception of 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 its direct and indirect 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, and provide securities of all kinds for their liabilities, including by pledging or fiduciary transfer of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether paid or unpaid.