The purpose of the company is management consulting. The company may hold participations in other companies and acquire, exploit, manage and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, and perform all acts connected with its corporate purpose or which may be suitable to promote its development or that of the group companies. Furthermore, the company may participate directly or indirectly in group financial transactions, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or to other group companies, or by providing securities in the form of guarantees, sureties or any other security right to third parties, even if such loans or security rights, which may be provided without costs or commissions, are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies.