The company's purpose is to acquire, sell, finance and manage participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, utilize and sell real estate, securities and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, as well as finance other companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries, provide collateral of any kind for its own liabilities or those of other companies, including by way of pledges, fiduciary transfers or assignments of the company's assets, or provide guarantees, enter into suretyships or otherwise secure or guarantee obligations of the company or these other companies, whether for consideration or not. All of this may be done by the company without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, and without the company's profit motive. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that appear suitable to promote the company's purpose or are related thereto.