The company's purpose is to provide technical services and technical consulting, in particular to provide research and development services, to develop and trade in technical equipment of all kinds, as well as to provide all services related thereto and to trade in goods of all kinds. The company may participate in other enterprises and acquire, utilize, manage, and dispose of business premises and intellectual property rights. It may establish subsidiaries and branches both domestically and abroad and, furthermore, may perform all legal acts that the company's purpose may entail or that are suitable for promoting its development or that of group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which they are directly or indirectly involved. This financing may be in the form of loans or other financing arrangements, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements. The company may also provide securities of any kind for their liabilities, including pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets, or guarantees of any kind, whether for compensation or not.