The company aims to acquire, finance, hold and sell participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad. Furthermore, the company aims to provide business consulting services as well as buying, holding, managing and selling brands, patents, licenses and other intellectual property rights, in particular in the tobacco industry. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies, acquire, manage and sell real estate abroad, take over representations and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that may be suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.