Acquisition, holding, management and disposal of companies and their participations of all kinds, as well as the provision of related services. May establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights, also carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company, grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether by means of loans and/or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, for their own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, provide securities of any kind, including by way of pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind or by way of offset obligations, whether against payment or not, even if such financing, securities or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which they are directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved.