The company's purpose is to provide trust and financial accounting services. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold and sell real estate. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are related to the company's purpose, in particular acquire, manage, encumber and sell copyrights, patents, licenses and know-how of all kinds. The company may grant loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other companies within the group and provide security of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, including by pledging or assigning its own assets or guarantees of any kind, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge.