The company's purpose is to acquire and manage participations in all commercial, financial and industrial enterprises in Switzerland and abroad, in the sense of a holding company, as well as all operations directly or indirectly related to this purpose, with the specification that it may hold participations in real estate companies with exclusively commercial use in Switzerland. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, manage and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, in Switzerland only those with exclusively commercial use. The company may acquire, operate, use and exercise all intellectual property rights, trademarks, models and/or designs, in any way whatsoever. The company may provide management services to all affiliated companies. The company may conclude and/or benefit from financing of any kind for its own account or for the account of third parties, and in particular, credit or securities transactions (including the granting of privileges, assignments and transfers of ownership as security, guarantees, surety contracts, letters of intent, indemnification obligations and economic benefits associated with these transactions), for remuneration or free of charge, with, in favor of and/or in relation to the commitments of direct or indirect shareholders, subsidiaries and other affiliated companies, even if these financing, credit or hedging transactions are in the exclusive interest of the direct or indirect shareholders and/or affiliated companies.