The company's purpose is to acquire, hold and manage participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to finance them, to provide management services, to provide corporate consulting and to provide temporary business management for participations (affiliated companies), to acquire, hold, manage and sell brands, copyrights, patents, licenses and, in general, intellectual property rights of all kinds, as well as to carry out all business, financial and industrial operations, including with securities, which serve directly or indirectly to pursue the main purposes. The company may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.