The company's purpose is to provide engineering, planning, design, consulting, service and maintenance services in the fields of communication, information, entertainment and security technology, measurement technology, control technology, control systems of all kinds, electrical engineering, electronics and computer software, machine, plant and apparatus construction, industrial plants, energy technology, as well as consulting in these areas; programming, maintenance, adaptation, operation and monitoring of data processing systems; development of software programs for electronic data processing (software), sale and adaptation of such programs, as well as installation of such programs; sale of electronic devices (hardware), industry-standard services, either directly or through intermediaries, including dealer support; provision of services as a general contractor, in particular development, planning, realization and execution of new buildings, conversions and renovations of all kinds, building services, clearance, household dissolution, garden and landscape construction, as well as mechanical earthworks, excavation and mulching services; worldwide conception, organization and implementation of events, sports events and sports activities of all kinds, sports or activity holidays; takeover of agencies and representations in the fields of sports, sports promotion, sports advertising and leisure activities; marketing of personality rights, conclusion and brokerage of sponsorship contracts; provision of sports instruction, conduct of sports training and operation of sports facilities, training centers, educational and recreational facilities, as well as trade in sports articles; import and export, purchase and sale, including online shop and worldwide mail-order trade of goods of all kinds; acquisition, financing, leasing, permanent management and disposal of participations in companies of all kinds, as well as uniform management, takeover of corporate management and representation, management, leadership, control and control functions in the participating companies; development, acquisition, use, disposal, licensing of intellectual property rights, such as patents, licenses, copyrights and trademark rights or usable procedures; financing for own or third-party account, management of credit and financial transactions for participating companies, as well as security transactions, including granting of guarantees and sureties, pledges, global assignments, security transfers, security assignments and damage-free declarations for participating companies and third parties, even if these legal transactions are in their exclusive interest. The company may engage in related fields and is authorized to conduct all business and take all measures that appear to promote the company's purpose directly or indirectly. It may establish branches and subsidiaries at home and abroad and acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate at home and abroad.