The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds, in particular in the fields of manufacturing, trade and services, subject to the reservation of transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate in Switzerland by Foreigners (ANRA). The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, manage, mortgage, utilize and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, as well as finance other companies, subject to the transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate in Switzerland and abroad (ANRA). The company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including their direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, provide any type of security for its own liabilities and for the liabilities of other companies (including direct and indirect shareholders of the company or companies in which these shareholders are directly and indirectly involved), provide guarantees, assume liabilities or otherwise secure or guarantee the liabilities of the company or these other companies. Furthermore, the company may jointly operate a liquidity adjustment/concentration of net liquidity (cash pooling) with the aforementioned companies or participate in such a cash pooling, including a periodic account settlement (balancing). All of this may be done by the company free of charge, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's pursuit of profit, and assuming cluster risks. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are suitable for promoting the company's purpose or are related to its purpose. In pursuing its purpose, the company aims to create long-term and sustainable values.