The company's purpose is: the purchase, sale and management of holdings in companies in Switzerland and abroad, asset management as well as the provision of services of all kinds in these areas; real estate transactions prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad are excluded; all operations related to the purchase, sale, brokerage, transport, storage, processing and exploitation of movable property and raw materials, notably of agricultural origin; all activities related to the pharmaceutical field (for full purpose cf. articles of association).