The purpose of the company is to acquire participations, in any form (Holding), in companies and entities, and in particular to participate in companies, for the realization of initiatives and/or development of activities in the industrial, commercial, financial and service sectors; the purchase, sale and placement of shares, quotas, bonds, the assumption and placement of bond loans; the direct or indirect financing of group companies or third-party companies; the strategic, financial, technical and administrative coordination of the activities of the group companies; the provision of administrative and management services to group companies. The company may, to the extent that it favors the social purpose, carry out any financial operation and transaction, and in particular grant and accept guarantees and sureties of any kind. Furthermore, it carries out all activities that are suitable to facilitate the achievement of the social purpose of the Holding and/or the group, including the purchase and sale of real estate in Switzerland and abroad.