The purpose of the company is to hold and manage participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds; the acquisition and sale of licenses as well as financial and investment transactions. Furthermore, the company can carry out financings of any kind for its own account or for the account of third parties and/or take them up and, in particular, enter into loan or security transactions with or for liabilities of direct or indirect parent, subsidiary and other group companies or grant them other financial benefits in connection with such loan or security transactions, whether against payment or not, and even if such financings and security transactions or benefits are in the exclusive interest of these parent, subsidiary and other group companies. The company can also acquire, manage and utilize real estate. It can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and carry out all business activities that are directly or indirectly related to the aforementioned purpose.