The purpose of the company is to acquire and manage participations in companies of all kinds. The company can establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. It can acquire, hold and sell real estate. The company can also carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. The company can grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders and, in the case of natural persons, their family members, and other closely related natural persons or companies in which such persons are directly or indirectly involved, by means of loans and/or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements. The company can provide security of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including by means of pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind or by means of offset obligations, whether against payment or not, even if such financing, security or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or, in the case of natural persons, their family members, and other closely related natural persons or companies in which such persons are directly or indirectly involved.