The company's purpose is to participate in, acquire, establish and finance companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. It pursues this purpose also by holding participations in similar or related companies and corporations in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold, manage, sell, participate in or merge with similar or related businesses. The company may acquire, hold, dispose of, exploit or have exploited, manage and sell real estate, properties, intellectual property rights and industrial, literary or artistic property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish subsidiaries, branches and agencies in Switzerland and abroad and participate in such companies. It may also carry out financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company is authorized to conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose or is suitable to promote it.