The Company's purpose is the manufacture and trade of all types of machines and apparatus in the medical field, medicines, and biocides, as well as related services. The Company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and may participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad and may engage in any activities that directly or indirectly promote its purpose or are related thereto. The Company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, operate, and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, as well as finance other companies. The Company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and to third parties, including its direct or indirect partners and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, for its own commitments as well as for those of other companies (including direct or indirect partners of the Company or companies in which these partners hold a direct or indirect interest), issue securities of any kind, including by way of pledges, fiduciary transfers, or fiduciary assignments on the assets of the Company, issue guarantees, act as a surety, or in any other way guarantee or secure the obligations of the Company or these other companies, for a fee or free of charge. Furthermore, it may engage in or associate with the aforementioned companies in cash compensation/net cash centralization (cash pooling), including periodic balance adjustments (balancing). The Company may also do all this without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the Company's profit motive, and incurring a concentration of risks.