The company's purpose is to acquire, manage, hold and sell participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds, as well as to provide consulting services in the field of finance. The company may participate in other companies, acquire, utilize, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and perform all legal transactions that may be necessary or suitable to promote the company's purpose or the development of group companies. Furthermore, the company may participate directly or indirectly in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing guarantees, sureties or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are granted in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are provided free of charge.