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 and 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 carry out financings of any kind for its own account or for the account of third parties and/or take advantage of them, and in particular enter into credit or security transactions (including the granting of pledges, security assignments and transfers, guarantees, sureties, declarations of patronage, compensation obligations and economic benefits related to these transactions), for consideration or free of charge, with, in favor of and/or in relation to liabilities of direct or indirect shareholders, subsidiaries and other affiliated companies, even if such financings, 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 to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.