The company's purpose is to hold and manage participations in companies of all kinds, as well as to carry out financing of all kinds and all related services. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. 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.