The company's purpose is to hold, administer and manage participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad, with the proviso that the company may only hold participations in real estate companies based in Switzerland if they have an exclusively commercial use. The company also has the purpose of acquiring, holding, managing and disposing of properties serving as a permanent establishment for trading, operating a factory or exercising any other industry in commercial form, as well as for exercising a craft or liberal profession, within the meaning of Art. 2, para. 2 LFAIE.