The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and sell participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire, hold, sell and grant intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds. The company may participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing guarantees or other securities of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge. The company may conduct all other business that directly or indirectly promotes the aforementioned purposes.