The company's purpose is to acquire, hold and sell capital participations in domestic and foreign companies. Furthermore, the company may engage in trade in Switzerland and abroad and provide services of any kind. It may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other domestic and foreign companies, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and enter into any business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate, copyrights, patents and licenses of any kind.