The purpose of the company is to participate in industrial, commercial and financial enterprises in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to exercise all shareholder and management functions arising from the company's corporate position vis-à-vis its subsidiaries. The company can acquire and dispose of participations to the extent that the permanent management of the same requires. Furthermore, it can provide participation financing. The company can acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company can acquire, hold, manage and exploit intellectual property rights (trademarks, patents, etc.). The company also aims to provide strategic leadership to the overall group formed by its participations, in particular by providing a central management and reporting system for the group organization as well as a know-how coordination system, market research in the interest of the overall group, legal and tax consulting at group level, personnel consulting in the area of executives, group financing through central fundraising or by supporting subsidiaries in decentralized fundraising and financing. The company can carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that appear to promote the purpose of the company or are connected with it.