The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, sell, manage, direct and finance companies of any kind in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold and sell real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. Furthermore, the company may provide direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect parent, sister and subsidiary companies, as well as to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiary companies, and provide collateral of any kind for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including its direct or indirect parent, sister and subsidiary companies, as well as third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiary companies), including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not. Additionally, it may engage in cash pooling with the aforementioned companies, including periodic account balancing (zero balancing), even under preferential conditions without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and assuming cluster risks.