The purpose of the company is the brokerage, financing, acquisition, holding, management, administration, encumbrance, sale and realization of participations of any form in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad for its own account or for the account of third parties, the related consulting, the provision of services to subsidiaries, and the exercise of all other functions associated with a holding company, in particular, but not exclusively, the assumption of management functions, leadership functions, control functions and supervisory functions, the assumption of management tasks, the assumption of representations, the financing, the investment of capital of any kind, the management of capital investments of any kind, and the provision of consulting services of any kind. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.