The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds, with the exception of businesses prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). The company may conduct all business and take all measures suitable to promote the company's purpose directly or indirectly, such as acquiring, managing, using, encumbering and disposing of domestic and foreign companies, real estate and intellectual property rights, as well as establishing branches and subsidiaries. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest, whether through loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, whether for consideration or not. The company may provide security of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned companies or persons, including through pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers or guarantees of any kind, whether for consideration or not. The company may grant such financing or provide security, even if it is in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest.