The company aims to import, export, and distribute chemical substances and pharmaceutical specialties of all kinds, particularly those of the Boehringer Ingelheim Group, primarily in Switzerland. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries both domestically and abroad and may participate in other companies both domestically and abroad. The company may acquire, encumber, dispose of, and manage real property and intellectual property rights both domestically and abroad. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. 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 such parties are directly or indirectly involved, either through loans and/or other financing, including under cash pooling agreements, with or without consideration. The company may provide securities 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, with or without consideration, even if such financing, securities, or guarantees are solely in the interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved.