The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds, as well as to provide holding and consulting services of all kinds. It can carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company can participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or affiliated companies, or by providing guarantees or other securities for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other affiliated companies and were granted free of charge. It can also carry out financing for its own account and for the account of third parties, accept and grant loans, and enter into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company can acquire, hold, exploit and sell intellectual property rights. It can acquire, hold, encumber, manage and dispose of real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.