The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and transfer domestic and foreign participations of all kinds. The company can acquire, hold, manage, exploit and transfer operational real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other industrial and commercial companies, and establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company can participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing guarantees or other securities for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or are granted free of charge. Furthermore, the company can conduct all business that appears to promote the purpose of the company or is connected with it.