The company's purpose is to acquire, sell and manage participations of all kinds in domestic and foreign companies and organizations. It may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies and organizations in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies and organizations, merge with them, and conduct all business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. In particular, it may acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate, copyrights, patents, licenses and rights of all kinds. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, grant loans and credits to, and enter into guarantees and sureties for, subsidiaries, other group companies and third parties.