The company's purpose is to carry out financing, take over management and representation of all kinds, provide consulting services in sales and marketing, trade in goods of all kinds, manage businesses on a fiduciary basis, acquire and exploit patents, licenses and other intellectual property rights, and acquire participations. Development and/or acquisition, holding and management of a portfolio of patents or other intellectual property of any kind or origin, and granting franchises for patents or intellectual property developed and/or acquired or licensed by it. It can participate in companies, broker transactions for them or conclude them in their name and on their account, advise on economic and corporate matters, arrange and grant financing in Switzerland and abroad, acquire patents and other intangible rights, and acquire, manage and sell real estate. It can acquire, manage, develop, renovate and sell real estate on its own account or on behalf of third parties, and in this context, conduct financing, investment and lending transactions, provide guarantees and grant security in favor of third parties, and in general, enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that serve to promote the company's purpose and are directly or indirectly related to it. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company can provide direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide security for the liabilities of such companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether paid or unpaid.