The company's purpose is the acquisition, management, holding and sale of participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as the financing of such companies; the purchase, sale, management, promotion, construction, transformation and renovation of real estate. It may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, acquire, manage and dispose of properties, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing its purpose or related thereto directly or indirectly.