The Company's corporate purpose is the acquisition, holding, management, and sale of equity interests in Swiss or foreign companies of any kind. The Company may also provide consulting services in various sectors, including, but not limited to, finance, information technology, accounting, and real estate. The Company may acquire, manage, and dispose of patents, trademarks, and technical and industrial know-how, as well as acquire, administer, and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The Company may participate in the group's financing, particularly by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or to other group companies or by providing guarantees of any kind to third parties for the liabilities of its direct or indirect shareholders or of other group companies, even if such loans or guarantees are exclusively in the interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or of other group companies and are granted free of charge.