The company's purpose is to acquire, hold and sell participations in other companies. The company can develop, produce and acquire intangible assets, in particular IT applications and business processes, and hold the corresponding rights. It can grant licenses allowing the use of these intangible assets to affiliated and non-affiliated companies. The company can acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It can also provide financing for its own account or for third-party account, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company can provide financial services to its direct and indirect shareholders and other affiliated companies, in particular grant loans or other financing and provide collateral of all kinds for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or security assignments and transfers of the company's assets, or by way of guarantees and sureties of all kinds, against payment or not.