The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage, dispose of, and finance participations in domestic and foreign companies. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, and dispose of real estate and intangible assets. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which they are directly or indirectly involved, either through loans and/or other financing, including under cash pooling agreements. The company may provide security of any kind for its own obligations or the obligations of the aforementioned persons, including through pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind, or through netting agreements, whether for a fee or not, even if such financing, security, or guarantees are in the sole interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which they are directly or indirectly involved.