The company's purpose is to manage family assets, in particular to acquire, hold, finance and manage assets and investments of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, including participations, private equity investments, intellectual property rights, real estate (in Switzerland, excluding transactions subject to the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad), as well as all related actions and services. The company may establish subsidiaries and/or branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies, assume representations, conduct all business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the company's purpose, or that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose and its mandate. The company may conclude loan agreements for its own account and for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and pledge rights for affiliated companies or third parties. The company may acquire, use, rent, encumber and sell properties 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 sell debt and equity securities of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad.