The company's purpose is to acquire, manage, broker and exploit participations and assets of all kinds in other companies and to provide all services resulting from the holding function, such as coordination, financing, consulting and management tasks. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other business transactions and conclude contracts that are directly or indirectly related to its purpose; establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad; acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad; provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties; make financial investments of all kinds and participate in start-up companies and provide venture capital; acquire, manage and sell securities and industrial property rights.