The purpose of the company is the manufacture and trade of products of the BASF Coatings Group and products of other origin, as well as the provision of all related services. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company may provide financing of any kind for its own account or for the account of third parties and/or take advantage of such financing, in particular, enter into credit or security transactions (including the granting of pledges, security assignments and transfers, guarantees, sureties, declarations of patronage, indemnification obligations and economic benefits related to such transactions), for consideration or gratuitously, with, for the benefit of and/or in relation to liabilities of direct or indirect shareholders, subsidiaries and other affiliated companies, even if such financing, credit or security transactions are in the exclusive interest of direct or indirect shareholders and/or affiliated companies. The company may conduct all business and take all measures that appear suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.