The company's purpose is to acquire, manage, and dispose of tangible and intangible assets, including intellectual property, real estate, and properties. Furthermore, it aims to import, export, and trade goods of all kinds, particularly consumer goods. The company may take out loans in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches, invest in other companies, acquire, encumber, and manage real estate, and conduct all business related to its purpose. The company may provide financing on its own account or for third parties. It may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which they are directly or indirectly involved, either through loans and/or other financing, including under cash pooling agreements. The company may provide securities of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including through pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind, or through netting agreements, whether for a fee or not, even if such financing, securities, or guarantees are exclusively in the interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which they are directly or indirectly involved.