Acquisition, holding, management and disposal of participations in companies or businesses in Switzerland and abroad; acquisition, disposal, management and exploitation of intellectual property and industrial property rights, in particular trademarks, patents, licenses, trade names and logos; may acquire, hold and dispose of real estate; may participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or by providing security of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if such loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and may be granted free of charge.