The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and hold, as well as finance, participations in domestic and foreign companies. Furthermore, the company may engage in any kind of financing, investment and lending business, provide guarantees and securities for the benefit of third parties, and enter into any business and conclude contracts that serve to promote the company's purpose and are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as enter into guarantees and securities for subsidiaries and third parties.