The purpose of the company is to manage, finance and control participations in companies of all kinds at home and abroad, as well as to invest in securities and real estate. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire, manage and sell properties, and 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.