The company's purpose is to acquire, sell, finance, hold and manage participations in companies of all kinds, as well as to carry out related activities. The company may provide management services to subsidiaries and affiliated third parties. The company may establish branches, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire or dispose of real estate, securities, patents and other intellectual property rights, and enter into any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.