The purpose of the company is to provide management, consulting, legal advisory and other advisory services, as well as to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, take over representations and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may acquire, manage and dispose of real estate. The company may 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 all kinds 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.