The purpose of the company is to invest in other companies as well as all activities related to investments in equity and venture capital and the trade of goods of all kinds. The company may grant loans, guarantees or other financing to its direct or indirect parent companies as well as their or its direct or indirect subsidiaries and provide collateral of all kinds for liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. The company may carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly beneficial to its purpose. It may participate in other companies or merge with them, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, and acquire, hold and sell real estate.