The company's purpose is to invest, subscribe, hold, acquire or otherwise acquire, manage and sell or otherwise deal with shares, participations, investments, securities and bonds in other companies, partnerships, joint ventures or businesses, directly or indirectly, in Switzerland and abroad, with the exception of businesses prohibited by the BewG. The company may carry out all financial, commercial and industrial transactions, as well as business with movable and immovable property in Switzerland and abroad, for its own account or for the account of third parties, with the exception of businesses prohibited by the BewG, insofar as they are directly or indirectly related to the main purpose of the company. It may establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad. The company may grant loans to its shareholders and/or jointly and severally guarantee, indemnify or stand as surety for loans granted to its shareholders by third parties.