The purpose of the company is to provide management consulting and management services, technical consulting, as well as the development and maintenance of infrastructure and industrial machinery, and related activities in Switzerland and abroad. The company may provide direct and indirect financing for direct or indirect subsidiaries as well as for third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries. It may also provide collateral of any kind for liabilities of such affiliated companies, including pledges on or fiduciary assignments of assets of the company or affiliated companies, or guarantees of any kind, for consideration or not. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, assume representations, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, hold, and sell real estate and intellectual property rights.