The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage, sell and finance participations in companies of all kinds, as well as to provide services to companies in which the company is directly or indirectly involved. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, establish or merge with similar or related companies, acquire and sell 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.