The purpose of the company is to acquire, hold, manage and sell Swiss and foreign participations in companies. The company may grant loans or other financing to its direct and indirect parent companies and shareholders, as well as their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide security of all kinds for the liabilities of such other companies, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, global assignments, security transfers, security assignments and indemnification agreements. The company may establish branch operations in Switzerland and abroad, found subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, exploit and sell industrial property rights, know-how and real estate, and in general enter into all transactions and conclude all contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.