The company's purpose is to participate in industrial, commercial and financial enterprises in Switzerland and abroad, particularly in the field of the binding agents industry and other industries related to it. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and 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, as well as guarantees and sureties for its subsidiaries and third parties. The company may provide financial services to its direct and indirect shareholders and other companies affiliated with it, in particular by granting loans or other financing and providing security for their liabilities of any kind, including by way of pledges, security assignments and security transfers of the company's assets, or by way of guarantees and sureties of any kind, for consideration or not. The company may also participate in cash pooling operations within the group and raise and invest money on the money and capital markets. The company may also act in the interest of the group or individual group companies for this purpose. The company may conduct all other commercial, financial or other business that is directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose.