The company's purpose is to develop, exploit, license, and buy and sell intellectual property rights, as well as to provide all services directly or indirectly related to this main purpose. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, merge with other companies, and acquire, hold, finance, or sell participations in other companies of any kind in Switzerland or abroad. The company may enter into all commercial, contractual, and financial transactions that are suitable to promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may acquire, hold, and sell real estate, except for real estate transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). In particular, 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 any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of assets of the company or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.