The company's purpose is the manufacture and trade of technical quality products and industrial components, as well as the provision of related services to industry and commerce. The company may conduct all business and take all measures that are suitable to promote the company's purpose directly or indirectly, such as acquiring, managing, utilizing, encumbering and disposing of undertakings of all kinds, real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, as well as establishing branch offices and subsidiaries. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest, whether by way of loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, whether against payment or not. The company may provide security of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned companies or persons, including by way of pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers or guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not. The company may grant such financing or provide security, even if it is in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest.