Acquisition, sale and management of participations in companies of any kind in Switzerland and abroad, as well as provision of financing. May establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and conduct all business that is suitable to promote the development of the company and the purpose of the company, acquire, sell and manage real estate, and grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind 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.