The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to perform related administrative, financial and management tasks. Furthermore, it may establish branches and agencies in Switzerland and abroad, found subsidiaries, acquire, manage and dispose of intellectual property rights and real estate, grant loans to group companies and third parties or provide securities for their liabilities, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company directly or indirectly or that relate to the investment and management of the company's assets.