The company's purpose is to take up and grant intra-group loans to and from group companies and to manage the portfolio of loan agreements. The company may also provide guarantees and securities for other group companies, even if these securities are in the exclusive interest of their direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge. The company may acquire, manage and transfer patents, trademarks and technical and industrial know-how, acquire, manage and sell properties in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches in Switzerland and abroad and found subsidiaries. The company may conduct all other business that directly or indirectly promotes the aforementioned purposes.