The company's purpose is to acquire, establish, manage and hold participations and capital investments. The company may acquire, manage and transfer patents, trademarks and technical and industrial know-how, as well as participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches in Switzerland and abroad and found subsidiaries; the company may participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or providing guarantees or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge; the company may conduct all other business that directly or indirectly promotes the aforementioned purposes.