The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage, sell and finance domestic and foreign participations. It can provide security for other companies and assume guarantee obligations. It can also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as enter into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company can also conduct all business that is suitable to promote the achievement of the company's purpose or that is directly or indirectly related to it. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and acquire, encumber, manage and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad.