The company's purpose is the acquisition, holding, management, and sale, for its own account and not in a fiduciary capacity, of shares in companies, commercial, financial, and industrial enterprises based in Switzerland and abroad. The company may also engage in activities related to the granting of loans, guarantees (including mortgages), endorsements, and sureties, even on behalf of third parties, excluding, however, the exercise of banking and insurance activities. The company may also exercise control and coordination of the activities carried out by subsidiaries. The company may also buy, sell, manage, receive for use, and grant the use of technologies, technical know-how, industrial patents, trademarks, licenses, and intellectual property rights in general. The company may also acquire, encumber, manage, administer, lease, and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as participate in real estate companies and enterprises based in and/or operating in Switzerland and abroad, in accordance with the applicable regulations. Any activity carried out in the real estate sector is not intended for third parties but is exclusively limited to real estate for its own account. Finally, the company may carry out all commercial, industrial, and financial operations deemed necessary or useful that are functionally connected to the company's purpose or aimed at achieving it, and open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.