The purpose of the company is to provide consulting services of all kinds. The company may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries, as well as to third parties, including its direct or indirect affiliates and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including direct or indirect affiliates of the company or companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest), provide securities of all kinds, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers or assignments of the company's assets, or provide guarantees, enter into sureties or otherwise secure or guarantee the obligations of these other companies, whether remunerated or not. Furthermore, it may engage in liquidity balancing/concentration of net liquidity (cash pooling) with the aforementioned companies or join such a system, including periodic account balancing. This also applies to preferential conditions without interest, excluding the company's pursuit of profit and assuming cluster risks. The company may establish and found branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, develop, manage, exploit and sell trademarks, patents, licenses, manufacturing processes and intellectual property rights. The company may acquire, manage and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad.