The purpose of the company is to participate in other companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad and to manage them. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, merge with other companies, and finance companies in which it has a stake, directly or indirectly. The company can acquire, hold, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company can conduct all business, enter into obligations and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the company's purpose and the development of the company, or that are directly or indirectly related to it.