The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in other companies, as well as to provide services to holding companies in the areas of organization, marketing, personnel, IT and finance. The company can acquire, manage and dispose of licenses, patents and other intangible assets, as well as real estate. It can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose or is suitable for promoting it. The company can 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 through loans and/or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, whether against payment or not. The company can provide collateral 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 against payment or not, even if such financing, collateral or guarantees are 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.