Acquisition, permanent holding, management and disposal of participations in domestic and foreign companies and enterprises of all kinds. The company can acquire, hold and exploit intellectual property rights and real estate. It can conduct all business that serves to promote the purpose. The company 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 all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It can acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of properties, copyrights, patents and licenses of all kinds.