The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies. The company may provide financing transactions for group companies, in particular by granting loans to shareholders or group companies or by providing securities of all kinds to third parties for obligations of other group companies, even if such loans or securities are in the sole interest of direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted without consideration. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in or merge with other companies in Switzerland and abroad. It may acquire and dispose of real estate and enter into any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it.