The purpose of the company is to acquire, hold and manage as well as sell participations in Switzerland and abroad, to purchase, procure, develop, manage, rent, trade and sell goods and services of all kinds in the field of photonics products. The company may conduct all commercial, financial or other business and take all measures that are suitable to serve or promote the development and purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to these. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire, manage and sell participations. The company may acquire, hold and sell real estate as well as patent, trademark, copyright, design and all other intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad. The company may provide management services to affiliated companies. The company may provide financing of any kind for its own account or for the account of third parties and/or take advantage of such financing, in particular, credit or security transactions (including the granting of pledges, security assignments and transfers, guarantees, sureties, patronage declarations, indemnification obligations and economic benefits related to such transactions), against payment or free of charge, with, for the benefit of and/or in relation to liabilities of direct or indirect shareholders, subsidiaries and other affiliated companies, even if such financing, credit or security transactions are in the exclusive interest of direct or indirect shareholders and/or affiliated companies. The company may conduct all further business and take all measures that appear suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to this purpose.