Acquisition and management of holdings in all industrial, commercial, financial, real estate or other companies in Switzerland or abroad; to make any investment or financing, in particular in connection with the aforementioned holdings; acquisition and management of all aspects of intellectual property, including trademarks and patents; excluding all operations prohibited by the Federal Act of 16 December 1983 on the acquisition of real estate by foreigners (LFAIE) (for full purpose, see articles of association).