The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in other companies of any kind, both domestically and abroad. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may conduct business with or for the benefit of related parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and other group companies, grant loans to its direct or indirect shareholders and affiliated companies (up- and cross-stream companies), or provide other financial services, including the conclusion of cash pooling agreements, and provide collateral of any kind on its assets, also in the form of compensation, pledges, fiduciary transfers or guarantees of any kind, to secure the obligations of its shareholders or affiliated companies, and in each case with or without consideration, even if these transactions are exclusively in the interest of affiliated companies or third parties. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and dispose of real estate, participations and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company may engage in any further activity that is directly or indirectly related to the aforementioned purposes.