The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of domestic and foreign companies of all kinds, provide services to these participating companies, and finance and conduct all business that directly or indirectly relates to this purpose. The company can acquire rights and patents of all kinds, make the infrastructure created or maintained by it available to third parties, promote, support or organize events of any kind that are related to its purpose, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as conduct all business that directly or indirectly relates to its purpose. The company can acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It can also provide financing for its own account or for third-party account, and grant securities for affiliated companies and third parties. The company can grant loans or other financing of all kinds to its direct or indirect shareholders, its direct or indirect parent companies, and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, participate in them, and provide securities of all kinds for liabilities of such other companies, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, global assignments, security transfers, security assignments, and indemnification agreements, whether remunerated or not. For this purpose, the company may also act exclusively in the interest of its direct or indirect shareholders, the group or individual group companies.