The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations. The company may acquire, hold, manage and dispose of real estate, patents, trademarks, copyrights, design rights and all other intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company may provide financing of any kind for its own account or for the account of third parties and/or take advantage of such financing, in particular by entering into credit or security transactions (including the granting of pledges, security assignments and transfers, guarantees, sureties, declarations of patronage, indemnification obligations and related economic benefits), for consideration or gratuitously, with, for the benefit of and/or in relation to liabilities of direct or indirect shareholders, subsidiaries and other affiliated companies, even if such financing, credit or security transactions are in the exclusive interest of direct or indirect shareholders and/or affiliated companies. The company may conduct any further business and take any measures that appear suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.