The purpose of the company is to conduct trust transactions, management and consulting in the industrial, commercial and service sectors; as well as trading and taking over agencies and representations of all kinds for itself or for third parties; the company can establish and operate subsidiaries for itself or for third parties in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies for itself or for third parties, buy, sell and manage securities and real estate for itself or for third parties; it can also acquire, exploit and register protective rights, in particular patents and trademarks, on the basis of license agreements and in other ways, in Switzerland and abroad; it can furthermore carry out all financial, service and commercial transactions in its own name or in the name of third parties that are useful for promoting the purpose of the company.