Occupational pension provision for the employees of the cooperative through the granting of support and benefits: to employees in the event of old age or disability or in cases of need, such as illness, accident or unemployment of themselves; to employees in cases of need, such as illness, accident, unemployment or disability of their spouse, minor or disabled children or other persons for whom they provide maintenance; in the event of the employee's death to the surviving spouse, the divorced spouse and to persons for whom they were mainly responsible for maintenance at the time of their death; and in the absence of such persons to their legal heirs. The employer's contributions may also be made from previously accumulated and separately disclosed contribution reserves in accordance with Article 331, paragraph 3 of the Swiss Code of Obligations. The foundation may pay such contributions to other tax-exempt pension institutions that the founding company has joined or established itself.