The purpose of the company is the trade in goods and objects of all kinds as well as the trade in patents and rights and licenses (insofar as no administrative authorization is required for this purpose). The Company may, as a secondary purpose, both in Switzerland and abroad: establish branches or subsidiaries, participate in other companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose, acquire or found them, in general, carry out any financial, commercial or industrial activity that promotes its development and is directly or indirectly related to its purpose, carry out these transactions for itself or on behalf of third parties, as a representative, agent, commission agent or have them executed on its behalf by third parties, and grant loans or guarantees to associates, affiliated companies or third parties.