The purpose of the company is the acquisition and management of participations, financing, control and organization of domestic and foreign companies, and the trade in goods of all kinds. It may conclude all legal transactions and is particularly authorized to perform all actions that may serve the company's purpose directly or indirectly. The company may establish subsidiaries or branches in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire and sell real estate. The company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent companies, as well as to their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide collateral of any kind for liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. The company may provide such intra-group financing even if it is in the sole or primary interest of the financed company.