The purpose of the company is to provide strategic and operational business consulting and to provide services, in particular in the areas of software development, software operation, information technology and internet platforms, marketing, personnel, licensing rights and procurement of third-party services. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches and participate in other companies. The company may acquire, hold, encumber and sell real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to group companies and third parties, including their (direct and indirect) shareholders and their group companies, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.