The company's purpose is to hold and manage participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, take over representations, and conduct all business and conclude contracts that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, hold, encumber, and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company may provide direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide collateral of all kinds for liabilities of such companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not. Furthermore, the company may provide services of any kind to its direct or indirect subsidiaries that may be useful for the conduct of their business activities.