The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and enter into security transactions of all kinds for affiliated companies and third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, (global) assignments, security assignments, security transfers and indemnification agreements, even if these financing or security transactions are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or their direct or indirect subsidiaries. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are related to the company's purpose and, in particular, conduct financial, investment, trust and service transactions and acquire, hold, sell and license intellectual property rights.