The company's purpose is to participate in other companies and all related investment transactions, as well as to provide management services and to hold and manage intangible assets. The company may establish branches, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire or sell real estate, and enter into any business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it. It 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.