Acquisition, holding, management and disposal of companies and their participations of all kinds, as well as provision of related services. May establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights, also carry out all commercial, financial and other activities which are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company, grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or shareholders in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or shareholders in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether by means of loans and/or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, for their own liabilities or liabilities of the aforementioned persons, provide security of any kind, including by means of pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind or by means of offset obligations, whether against payment or not, even if such financing, security or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which they are directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved.