The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, encumber, manage and sell participations in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. The company may also conclude all transactions and enter into agreements that directly or indirectly serve the company's purpose or are directly related to it. Furthermore, the company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, as well as to third parties, for consideration or free of charge, and provide security of all kinds for the liabilities of such persons or group companies, including guarantees, pledges and fiduciary transfers of the company's assets. In addition, it may engage in or participate in liquidity balancing/net liquidity centralization (cash pooling) with group companies, including periodic balance adjustments (balancing), without consideration, on preferential terms, interest-free, excluding the company's intention to make a profit, and assuming bulk risks. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, and acquire, hold, encumber, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad.