The company's purpose is to acquire and manage participations in industrial and commercial enterprises in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, found subsidiaries, participate in companies, acquire, manage and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights, and perform all legal acts that may be necessary to achieve the company's purpose, in particular to grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, or to provide collateral of any kind, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets, or by guarantees of any kind.