The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in companies, as well as to provide related consulting and other services. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, assume representations, acquire or establish similar or related businesses, enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company. It may acquire, sell, encumber, manage, rent and develop real estate in Switzerland and abroad, with the exception of real estate transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). The company may provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties, and may also acquire, register, manage, encumber and dispose of patents, licenses and intellectual property rights of all kinds.