Establishment, acquisition, permanent management and participation in companies of all kinds, as well as their financing, provision of financing and consulting services to subsidiaries, and services resulting from the holding function. The company may provide guarantees in favor of affiliated companies, acquire, exploit and broker industrial property rights, intellectual property rights, know-how and exclusivity rights, establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, encumber, manage, sell, develop, lease and sublease properties and real estate, arrange financing for its own account or for third-party account, and grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.