The company's purpose is to hold and finance, lease, purchase and sell, charter and manage sea vessels, as well as to conduct financial and commercial transactions directly or indirectly related to these activities. The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and transfer domestic and foreign participations of all kinds. The company may acquire, hold, manage, utilize and transfer operational real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other industrial and commercial companies, and establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing guarantees or other securities of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or are provided free of charge. Furthermore, the company may conduct any business that appears to promote the company's purpose or is related to it.