The company's purpose is to acquire, hold and manage participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. It can provide management, administrative, IT and consulting services to its group companies. The company can also acquire, encumber, sell, manage, rent and develop real estate, as well as acquire, register, manage, encumber and sell patents, licenses and intellectual property rights of all kinds. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, grant and take out loans, carry out financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, provide guarantees and other securities for subsidiaries and third parties, and engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that appear suitable to promote the purpose of the company directly or indirectly, or that are directly or indirectly related to it.