The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of interests in Swiss or foreign companies of all kinds, to grant financing as well as to provide services in the real estate sector. The company may acquire, manage and transfer patents, trademarks and technical and industrial know-how, acquire, manage and dispose of real estate both in Switzerland and abroad, as well as establish branches and subsidiaries both in Switzerland and abroad. The company may participate in group financings, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or by providing guarantees or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if such loans or securities are in the sole interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge. The company may engage in all other transactions that directly or indirectly promote the aforementioned purposes.