The company's purpose is to carry out and mediate financial transactions of all kinds, to take up loans and credits, to grant loans to affiliated companies, to provide industrial and investment advice, to carry out project transactions, to conduct audits and to take over organizational consulting, to exploit patents and other intellectual property rights, to buy and sell securities of all kinds, to buy and sell as well as rent business equipment, business and commercial equipment, machines and mechanical installations, and to mediate insurance contracts and similar transactions for a fee. The company does not publicly offer to accept third-party funds; the acquisition, holding, management and disposal of trademarks, copyrights, patents, licenses and, in general, intellectual property rights of all kinds, in particular insofar as they are related to the company's main purposes; the acquisition of or participation in any companies; the acquisition, holding, management, encumbrance and disposal of real estate in Switzerland and abroad; in general, the performance of all commercial, financial and industrial operations, also with securities or real estate, which are directly or indirectly useful for the pursuit of the main purposes; the company may, in particular, provide financing and assume guarantees and warranties for third parties; the establishment of branches in Switzerland and abroad.