The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and sell domestic and foreign companies, as well as to provide services and support to the group's companies in all their fields of activity, particularly in all matters of organization, management, administration, financing, information gathering and corporate policy in general. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, manage and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, license and sell intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company may provide management services to affiliated companies. The company may carry out financings of any kind for its own account or for the account of third parties and/or take them up and, in particular, enter into credit or security transactions (including the granting of pledges, security assignments and transfers, guarantees, sureties, patronage declarations, indemnification obligations and economic benefits related to these transactions), for consideration or free of charge, with, for the benefit of and/or in relation to liabilities of direct or indirect shareholders, subsidiaries and other affiliated companies, even if such financings, credits or security transactions are in the exclusive interest of direct or indirect shareholders and/or affiliated companies. The company may conduct all business and take all measures that appear suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.