Acquisition, holding and management as well as sale of participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad, and the establishment of subsidiaries; Remunerated and non-remunerated financing through secured and unsecured loans or in any other way of other companies of the ADARES Group (including direct and indirect parent, sister and subsidiary companies) as well as the remunerated and non-remunerated provision of securities of all kinds in favor of such group companies, such as guarantees, pledges, global assignments, security transfers and security assignments, even if these are in the exclusive interest of the beneficiaries, as well as participation in cash pooling agreements of the ADARES Group; Provision of corporate consulting and advisory services in the field of education. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and enter into any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate, intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds.