The foundation supports the pension funds of the companies affiliated with the foundation in achieving their foundation purpose in the interest of active insured persons and pension recipients, provided that these pension funds have a corresponding basis in their regulations. To achieve this goal, the foundation allocates foundation funds to the aforementioned pension funds for the following purposes: financing of early retirement arrangements, in particular in the event of corporate restructuring; non-repayable contributions and/or guarantees, in particular in the event of underfunding; subsidies to reduce contributions from employers and/or employees; purchase of technical provisions and fluctuation reserves of pension funds; provision of services to finance contributions and insurance premiums to other tax-exempt personal pension institutions established for the benefit of the beneficiaries; support for beneficiaries and their dependents in cases of need such as illness, accident, disability or unemployment.