The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of securities and other investment instruments, in particular shares; to acquire, hold, manage and dispose of trademarks, copyrights, patents, licenses and, in general, intellectual property rights of all kinds, in particular insofar as they are related to the company's main purposes; to take over or participate in any companies; in general, to carry out all commercial, financial and industrial operations, also with securities or real estate, which are directly or indirectly useful for the pursuit of the main purposes; the company may, in particular, provide financing and grant guarantees and sureties for third parties; the establishment of branches in Switzerland and abroad.