The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to provide related services, and to provide management and consulting services and to conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to this purpose. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and acquire, encumber, sell, manage, rent and lease real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also acquire, sell, exploit or broker inventions, patents and other intellectual property rights. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.