The purpose of the company is to provide advice of all kinds in matters of business, economics, management and finance, in particular in the area of company acquisitions and sales, as well as to perform all work and services related to the aforementioned activities. The company may engage in any industrial, commercial, financial and other activities in Switzerland and abroad, carry out transactions and conclude legal transactions that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company or are suitable for facilitating or promoting its achievement and/or the development of the company. As a result, the company may in particular establish, set up, dissolve or liquidate companies of all kinds, branches and other representations in any form in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, merge with other companies of all kinds, acquire other companies of all kinds or sell its participation in other companies. The company may also acquire, hold, manage, administer, use, lease to third parties, encumber, trade, sell or realize any other type of securities, capital investments, intangible assets or rights, raw materials of all kinds, movable assets of any other kind as well as real estate of any kind in Switzerland and abroad, and conclude any other legal transactions related to these assets. Furthermore, the company may also take out loans and credits for itself, its affiliated companies, shareholders and third parties, grant loans and credits to its affiliated companies, shareholders and third parties, act as guarantor for loans and credits of its affiliated companies, shareholders or third parties, or provide other guarantees or securities of any kind, and assume exchange liabilities. Finally, the company is also authorized to carry out any other form of financing and financial transactions for its own account or for the account of third parties.