The purpose of the company is the management of family assets and values, in particular the acquisition, holding, financing and management of assets and investments of any kind in Switzerland and abroad, including participations, private equity investments, intellectual property rights, real estate and all related actions and services. The company may establish subsidiaries and/or branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies without restriction, take over representations, conduct any kind of business and conclude contracts that could promote the company's business objective or be in direct or indirect relation to it. The company may conclude loan agreements for its own account as well as for the account of third parties and assume guarantees and pledges for affiliated companies or third parties. The company may acquire, use, lease, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad (in Switzerland excluding transactions subject to the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad). The company may acquire, hold, manage and dispose of securities of any kind in Switzerland and abroad.