The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and sell participations in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to coordinate, finance, manage, direct and supervise them. It can acquire, manage and exploit intellectual property. It can engage in the distribution and trade of goods of all kinds, manage projects and provide project consulting, conduct industry analyses, take on general contractor mandates, and manage and commercially exploit patents and other intellectual property rights. The company can conduct all commercial, financial and other business and take measures that may be suitable to promote the company's purpose directly or indirectly, or that are directly or indirectly related to it. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire similar or related companies, or merge with them. The company can acquire, encumber and manage real estate, properties and plots of land in Switzerland and abroad. It can also provide financing for its own account or for third-party account, grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties, participate in financial transactions of all kinds or execute them against commission, including non-commercial loans and credits, including loans to owners and self-transactions. It can also provide securities for their liabilities and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose or suitable to promote it.