The company's purpose is to directly or indirectly hold and manage, as well as to directly or indirectly acquire and dispose of, participations of all kinds. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it has a direct or indirect participation, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such shareholders have a direct or indirect participation, whether through loans and/or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements. The company may provide security of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including through pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind, or through offset obligations, whether for consideration or not, even if such financing, security, or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it has a direct or indirect participation, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such shareholders have a direct or indirect participation. The company may also carry out all commercial, financial, and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may acquire, hold, manage, use, encumber, dispose of, and otherwise deal with intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, or license rights, sublicense, evaluate, or have evaluated.