The company's purpose is to acquire, sell, hold and manage as well as take over participations in other companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, and to provide consulting services of all kinds and to carry out financing and trust transactions for its own account and for the account of third parties. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, take over representations and carry out any business activities and conclude contracts of any kind that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. It may acquire, hold, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, except for real estate transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.