The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage, exploit and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies, directly or indirectly, as well as to acquire, hold, manage, encumber, exploit and dispose of intellectual property rights (such as patents, formulas, know-how, trademarks, etc.). The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, set up subsidiaries, acquire, hold, manage, encumber, exploit and dispose of real estate. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their (direct or indirect) subsidiaries, provide securities of all kinds, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers or assignments of the company's assets or guarantees, enter into joint and several liabilities or guarantees or otherwise secure or guarantee obligations of these other companies, whether for consideration or not. Furthermore, the company may engage in cash pooling or join a cash pooling arrangement with the aforementioned companies, including periodic account balancing. This may also be done without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's profit motive, and assuming cluster risks. The company may carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that appear to promote the company's purpose, are related to it or are in the interest of the BioGntx group of companies or its group companies.