The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and hold, as well as finance, participations in domestic and foreign companies. Furthermore, the company may engage in financing, investment and lending transactions of any kind, provide guarantees and securities in favor of third parties, and enter into any business and conclude contracts that serve to promote the company's purpose and are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as enter into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.