The company's purpose is the acquisition and management of financial participations in all commercial, financial and industrial enterprises. The company may establish branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; assume participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or create identical or similar companies; carry out all commercial, industrial, financial, movable or immovable transactions, excluding all transactions prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners; grant loans or guarantees to shareholders or third parties, if it serves its interests.