The company's purpose is to provide corporate financing and financial services of all kinds. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies, acquire or sell other companies. It may acquire, manage and sell real estate and securities. It may carry out all commercial and financial transactions that may be conducive to the realization of its purpose. It may take out and grant loans, provide guarantees and other securities, acquire, manage and exploit intellectual property rights. Furthermore, the company may provide financing of any kind for its own account or for the account of third parties and/or take advantage of such financing, and in particular enter into loan or security transactions against payment or free of charge with or for direct or indirect parent, subsidiary or other group companies, even if such financing and security transactions are in the exclusive interest of these parent, subsidiary or other group companies. The company may also provide management services to parent, subsidiary or other group companies.