The company's purpose is to provide consulting services to companies and related activities. The company may participate in domestic and foreign companies and businesses of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company may provide direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and may provide securities of all kinds, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers or assignments of the company's assets, or guarantees, sureties or other forms of collateral for the company's own liabilities or those of other companies (including direct or indirect shareholders of the company or companies in which such shareholders are directly or indirectly involved). The company may also engage in cash pooling or join a cash pooling arrangement with the aforementioned companies, including periodic account balancing. All of these activities may be carried out by the company without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, without the intention of generating profits, and with the assumption of cluster risks. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that appear to be suitable for promoting the company's purpose or are related thereto. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and may conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, and may provide guarantees and sureties for its subsidiaries and third parties.