The company's purpose is to provide management and consulting services, as well as to invest in and hold participations and assets of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies of any kind, assume representations, and enter into any business and conclude contracts that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company, or that are directly or indirectly related to it. It may also enter into financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees, sureties, and pledge agreements for affiliated companies and third parties. It may acquire, lease, rent, manage, encumber, and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, manage, or sell any kind of debt or securities in Switzerland or abroad.