The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign industrial companies, to take up loans and credits in all customary banking forms, to provide securities of all kinds for loans and credits, in particular by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets, and to grant loans and credits in all customary banking forms to affiliated or closely related companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may, in particular, grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, and provide securities of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not. This also includes granting loans on preferential terms without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and assuming cluster risks. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad.