The purpose of the company is to acquire, hold, manage, finance and dispose of participations in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. The company can also provide related services and other services, such as consulting and management tasks for group companies. It can hold, manage, acquire and dispose of licenses, patents, trademarks, rights and industrial and technical know-how, as well as participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, establish or merge with such companies. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and acquire, encumber, hold and dispose of real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company can carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are connected with the purpose of the company. The company can participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or 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 on favorable terms or free of charge, as well as raise and invest funds on the money or capital market.