The company's purpose is to hold and manage participations in other companies. In addition, it may trade in and broker goods and services in the areas of the real estate sector, the raw materials sector, the food and fertilizer sector, and the pharmaceutical sector. Furthermore, the company may acquire, rent, manage, and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as hold other subsidiaries. The company may also establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in, acquire, or establish other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, exploit, and sell industrial property rights, know-how, intellectual property rights, and real estate, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.