The purpose of the company is the management, investment and investment of its own assets, in particular also the acquisition, holding, management, financing and disposal of participations in other companies of any kind in Switzerland and/or abroad. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, take over representations and engage in any business activity and conclude contracts of any kind that may be beneficial to the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. Excluded are transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). The company is part of a group and may, in pursuing its purpose, take into account the interests of the group. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements (including zero balancing), and provide security of any kind for the liabilities of these parties, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. This also without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, to the exclusion of the company's profit motive and/or by assuming cluster risks.