The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies, as well as to buy and sell, trade, lease, store and finance vehicles of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. Excluded are transactions that are prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties and grant securities for liabilities of affiliated companies.