The company aims to participate in, acquire, establish and finance companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. It pursues this purpose also by holding participations in similar or related companies and corporations in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold, manage, sell, participate in other companies or merge with such companies. The company may acquire, hold, dispose of, exploit or have exploited, manage and sell real estate, properties, intellectual property rights and commercial, literary or artistic property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish subsidiaries, branches and agencies in Switzerland and abroad and participate in such companies. The company is authorized to carry out all transactions that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose or are suitable to promote it.