The purpose is to participate in other, legally independent companies in Switzerland and abroad and, if necessary, to combine the exercise of control and/or management functions. The company can establish subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, merge with companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, manage, broker, encumber and sell licenses, patents and other intangible assets as well as real estate, and acquire, manage and sell participations and securities in Switzerland and abroad, as well as 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.