The company's purpose is to carry out financings of all kinds, as well as the direct or indirect holding, management, acquisition, and disposal of participations of all kinds. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such shareholders have a direct or indirect interest, whether through loans and/or other financings, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements. The company may provide collateral of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including through pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind, or offset obligations, whether for consideration or not, even if such financing, collateral, or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such shareholders have a direct or indirect interest. The company may also carry out all commercial, financial, and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may acquire, hold, manage, use, encumber, dispose of, and otherwise deal with intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, or license rights, sublicense, evaluate, or have evaluated.