The company's purpose is to participate in all commercial, industrial and financial enterprises in Switzerland and abroad, to create, acquire, lease, finance, advance or lend to them, to acquire and realize real estate and all securities or similar titles. The company may acquire, transfer, exploit patents, licenses, processes and trademarks and assume the function of advisor. The company may carry out all operations that are directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. It may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, acquire, manage or sell real estate, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts necessary to achieve its purpose or related thereto directly or indirectly.