The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, sell, transfer and manage participations of any kind in companies, as well as to manage them, including the activities associated therewith, such as holding intellectual property rights and similar rights, and establishing subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad. Furthermore, the company aims to provide management and consulting services. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and enter into any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related thereto. It may acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate, intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds. The company may acquire, hold, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad.