The purpose of the company is, in Switzerland and abroad: to create, acquire, hold and manage companies; to provide services and offer support, in particular in administrative, financial, technical and commercial matters; to register and use patents and trademarks, as well as licenses, know-how and intellectual property in the broadest sense of the term, and to trade in these rights; and generally, to undertake all commercial, financial and industrial operations, including those relating to securities or real estate, which are connected with the aforementioned objectives, and to establish branches in Switzerland and abroad.