The company's purpose is to provide services of all kinds, in particular in the areas of organization, administration, architecture, interior design and real estate, as well as trade in goods of all kinds. The company may establish agencies, branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and engage in any activity that is suitable to promote the purpose of the company, including acquiring, encumbering and disposing of real estate and intellectual property rights. The company is part of a group of companies and may consider the interests of this group in pursuing its corporate purpose. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries as well as to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.