The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, sell, manage, direct and finance companies of any kind in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches and participate in other companies. The company may acquire, hold and sell real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. Furthermore, the company may provide direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect parent, sister and subsidiary companies, as well as to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and may grant security of any kind for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including its direct or indirect parent, sister and subsidiary companies, as well as third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries), including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether paid or unpaid. In addition, the company may engage in cash pooling with the aforementioned companies or join such an arrangement, including periodic account balancing (zero balancing). This may also be done under preferential conditions without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and assuming cluster risks.