The company's purpose is to acquire and hold participations in companies active mainly in the construction and plant engineering sectors (such as, but not limited to, companies active in the healthcare, heating, cooling, ventilation, swimming pools, water, pipe cleaning, plumbing, maintenance and execution of water supply systems and plants, maintenance of plants and real estate in general, electricity and computer science), and to carry out all commercial or financial operations deemed useful for the pursuit of the company's purpose. The company may carry out any type of financing, investment and lending operations and grant guarantees and provide guarantees in favor of third parties as well as in favor of group companies. The company may also manage, administer real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire, encumber and sell real estate abroad and participate in real estate companies with headquarters and activities abroad, in compliance with the applicable regulations. The company may carry out all commercial, industrial and financial operations deemed necessary or useful and functionally connected with the company's purpose or aimed at achieving it. The company may open branches and subsidiaries.