The company's purpose is to provide consulting and management services, as well as to acquire, hold, manage, sell and finance participations in companies of all kinds. The company may also conduct trust transactions, acquire, develop, manage and exploit patents, licenses and manufacturing processes, finance and promote any kind of business. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in or merge with other companies in Switzerland and abroad, establish, acquire and sell similar or related businesses, or merge with them. Furthermore, it may acquire, manage, rent and sell real estate, as well as enter into any business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.