The company's purpose is to participate in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. The company can acquire, hold, manage and sell real estate, plots of land and similar rights as well as other rights such as intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and merge with other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company can encumber assets and pledge them as collateral, as well as arrange financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, finance subsidiaries, related parties and third parties, and provide guarantees and sureties and make other collateral arrangements in favor of subsidiaries, related parties and third parties. Furthermore, the company can conduct all business that promotes the purpose of the company or is directly or indirectly related to its purpose.