The company's purpose is to provide management and consulting services to companies and private individuals, as well as to acquire, hold, manage, encumber and dispose of corporate participations of all kinds in domestic and foreign companies. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and dispose of intellectual property rights, real estate and securities. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, take out loans, grant loans and provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.