Acquisition and management, directly or indirectly, of participations in other companies, Swiss or foreign, financing of groups of companies as well as placement and investment activities, in particular in the hospital sector, as well as all other related activities, it being specified that the company may hold participations in real estate companies exclusively for commercial use in Switzerland. The company may acquire, hold, encumber and dispose of intellectual property rights. The company may also carry out any commercial, financial and other activities directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to group companies and third parties, including its shareholders (direct and indirect) and the group companies of the latter, in particular within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide securities of any kind for their commitments, including through pledges or fiduciary transfers of assets of the company or guarantees of any kind, for consideration or not.