The purpose of the company is to acquire, sell, hold and manage participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to trade in raw materials of all kinds. The company can also provide accounting, legal and administrative services, in particular to other group companies. The company can act as a sales and brokerage agent, acquire, exploit, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and furthermore carry out all legal transactions that may be connected with the purpose of the company or that are suitable to promote its development or that of group companies. In addition, the company can participate directly or indirectly in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or by providing guarantees, sureties or other securities of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge.