The company's purpose is to hold participations in companies of any kind in Switzerland and abroad. It can establish, acquire and merge with such companies. Furthermore, the company's purpose is to provide consulting services. The company can acquire, encumber and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, and by decision of the management, establish branches and agencies in Switzerland or abroad. The company can grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent companies as well as their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of any kind.