The company's purpose is to provide strategic and operational business consulting, marketing, corporate and economic research, training and further education of third parties, and personnel consulting on a national and international level, as well as all activities related thereto in any way. The company directs its business activities, to the extent permitted, towards the group's goals. Accordingly, the company may, in the interest of the group or individual group companies (including their direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries), conclude contracts and, in particular, grant loans or other financing to such group companies and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges or security assignments and transfers of the company's assets, or by way of guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not. 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.