The company's purpose is to acquire and sell participations of all kinds in domestic and foreign companies, as well as to perform related coordination, financing, and management tasks. The company may establish branches, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire or sell real estate, securities, patents, and other intellectual property rights, and enter into any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may conduct transactions in the interest of group companies, in particular participate in cash pooling and thereby contribute directly or indirectly to the financing of the group.