The company's purpose is to provide internet-based services for the procurement and brokerage of customer contacts, sales and closings; development and management of software as well as related sales-promoting distribution concepts; formation of sales groups for sales promotion and qualification of customer contacts or customer inquiries; brokerage and provision of consulting and sales services in the service sector, in particular in the insurance, pension and finance sectors; participations; acquisition, encumbrance, management and sale of real estate and securities; acquisition, management and exploitation of intellectual property rights. The company may, in particular, grant loans, other direct or indirect financing and other monetary benefits to its direct and indirect subsidiaries as well as to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including within the framework of cash pools, and provide security of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of shares of the company or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.