The purpose of the company is to provide services, in particular in the areas of marketing, finance, human resources, space management, IT, support and other areas for the other companies of the group, as well as to provide all other services that may be required by the other companies of the group. 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, manage, mortgage, invest and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. In the case of real estate transactions in Switzerland, the purpose of the company is limited to real estate that constitutes a business establishment within the meaning of Article 2, paragraph 2, letter a of the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG) of December 16, 1983, as well as all commercial or financial transactions that may be related thereto. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. The company may 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 shareholders are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans and/or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, whether against payment or not. The company may provide security of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including by way of pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind or by way of offsetting obligations, whether against payment or not, even if such financing, security or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such shareholders are directly or indirectly involved.