The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in companies of any kind in Switzerland and abroad. Furthermore, it aims to acquire, manage and exploit intellectual property rights. The company can participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and dispose of business establishments, properties and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and carry out all legal transactions that may be necessary or suitable to promote its purpose or the development of group companies. The company can grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including through pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.