The company's purpose is to acquire, finance, hold and permanently manage participations in commercial, service and industrial companies, in particular through contributions in kind, subscription, purchase of shares, publications or other securities, through limited partnership contributions, through the establishment of new companies, through merger or otherwise. The company may enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it, as well as establish branch offices in Switzerland and abroad, buy and sell real estate, participate in other companies or merge with them, and acquire and dispose of real estate in Switzerland and abroad.