The purpose of the company is to acquire, hold, manage, finance and sell participations in other companies in Switzerland or abroad, as well as to invest capital for proprietary trading strategies, including but not limited to the European electricity and gas market, excluding all activities subject to authorization under Swiss financial market legislation. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies, take over representations and engage in any business activity and conclude contracts of any kind that may promote or be directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, except for transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). The company is part of a group and may consider the interests of the group in pursuing its purpose. 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 (including zero balancing), and provide security of any kind for the obligations of these parties, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. This also without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and/or assuming cluster risks.