The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and sell participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds, as well as to carry out related activities. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold, manage, exploit and sell similar or related companies, acquire, manage and sell real estate, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including shareholders in which it is directly or indirectly invested, as well as direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly invested.