The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of direct or indirect participations in and to manage and finance companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. The company may also establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, provide financial support to its direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, in particular by granting loans and providing securities or guarantees for the liabilities of these companies, whether against payment or not. Furthermore, it may engage in liquidity balancing / concentration of net liquidity (cash pooling) with the aforementioned companies or join such a system, also without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and assuming cluster risks. The company may acquire, encumber, hold and dispose of intellectual property rights and real estate, except for real estate transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). The company may carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are related to the company's purpose or appear to promote it.