The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and sell participations in companies and securities of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. It can establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, found subsidiaries, participate in related companies, acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and sell real estate, immovable property, movable property and intellectual property rights, and perform all legal acts that may be necessary to achieve the company's purpose, in particular to provide financing to affiliated companies and other companies, grant securities of all kinds, or otherwise secure or guarantee obligations of these companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, provide securities of all kinds, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers or assignments of the company's assets, or guarantees for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including direct or indirect shareholders of the company or companies in which these shareholders are directly or indirectly involved), enter into joint and several liability or suretyships, or otherwise secure or guarantee obligations of these other companies, whether for consideration or not. Furthermore, it may engage in liquidity balancing/concentration of net liquidity with the aforementioned companies or join such an arrangement, including periodic account settlement. This may also be done without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, and without the company's pursuit of profit.