The purpose of the company is to buy and sell (trade) as well as hold and manage listed and unlisted participations in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, and to take over all related coordination, financing and management tasks. The company may establish branches, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire similar or related companies or merge with them, acquire or 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.