Primarily, the acquisition, sale, management and holding of participations in domestic and foreign companies of all kinds, as well as the establishment of companies, acquisition, management, disposal and exploitation of intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds, and the execution of all commercial and financial transactions that serve the aforementioned purpose, including the granting of loans, guarantees, assumption of sureties and creation of other securities. May conduct financing transactions (including granting loans and guarantees to shareholders and affiliated companies) and take out loans, in particular from shareholders and affiliated companies, and also provide securities for the obligations of its shareholders and affiliated companies, for consideration or free of charge, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, global assignments, security transfers or security assignments, even if these are in their exclusive interests, establish branch offices in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, hold, manage and dispose of participations in other domestic and foreign companies, and also mortgage properties.