The company's purpose is to participate in companies of all kinds, particularly in the areas of services, real estate, trade, industry and commerce. It may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire similar or related companies or merge with them, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of properties, copyrights, patents and licenses of all kinds.