The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage, sell and finance participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company is authorized to conduct all business and conclude contracts that promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire similar or related companies or merge with them, and enter into all business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may also acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate, intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds.