The company aims to acquire and manage permanent participations in other companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. The company can provide management services to its participating companies. It can also enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it. The company can provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. It can purchase, encumber and sell real estate.