The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations and assets in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to carry out financing transactions of all kinds. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire, hold, manage, encumber or dispose of real estate, and enter into any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.