The company's purpose is to acquire, develop, hold, rent, manage and sell properties and their facilities, provide business consulting services, as well as develop, manufacture, trade and distribute goods of all kinds. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or establish similar or related companies, and carry out commercial and financial transactions. It may also acquire, manage, exploit and sell licenses, patents, inventions, processes, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights, as well as participations. Furthermore, it may acquire, manage, encumber and sell securities, and enter into any business or conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company.