The company's purpose is to participate in industrial and commercial companies, to carry out commercial transactions, and to finance the commercial transactions of its subsidiaries. The company may acquire, manage, and transfer patents, trademarks, and technical and industrial knowledge, acquire, manage, and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, and found subsidiaries. The company may participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing guarantees or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, 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. The company may carry out all other business that directly or indirectly promotes the aforementioned purposes.