The purpose of the company is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in other companies as well as to carry out financial and administrative transactions of all kinds. The company can acquire, develop, manage and exploit patents, licenses and manufacturing processes, acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate, and carry out, finance and promote any kind of business that is compatible with the company's purpose. It can establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other domestic and foreign companies, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and enter into any transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it.