The purpose of the company is to participate in other companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to provide strategic management. The company can acquire, hold, manage and sell participations and provide services to companies in which it has a participation. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company can grant loans or other financing to third parties, including companies in which it has a direct or indirect participation, as well as direct or indirect shareholders of the company or companies in which these direct or indirect shareholders of the company have a direct or indirect participation, conclude cash-pooling agreements with such third parties and provide securities of all kinds and guarantees for their liabilities, in each case with or without consideration and even if these transactions are in the exclusive interest of the third parties. The company can acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and sell real estate, financial instruments and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company can carry out any other activity that is directly or indirectly related to the aforementioned purposes.