The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage, sell and finance participations in domestic and foreign companies and projects of all kinds. The company may also provide financing for its own account or for third-party account, provide financial support to its direct or indirect parent companies as well as their direct or indirect subsidiaries, in particular by granting loans and providing securities or guarantees for the liabilities of these companies. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, and acquire, encumber, hold and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are related to the company's purpose or appear to promote it.