The company's purpose is to provide services, in particular administrative, financial, technical, management or consulting services, to the entities of the group to which it belongs. It may establish branches or found subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. As part of a group, the company may, in pursuit of its purpose, take into account the interests of the group. It may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect branches or subsidiaries and to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and the direct or indirect branches or subsidiaries of such shareholders, including, without limitation, in the context of liquidity management activities within the group, and create security interests of any kind in favor of these parties, including by way of pledges or transfers of the company's assets or by means of guarantees of any nature. Furthermore, it may carry out all operations that are directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose and that promote or facilitate its development.