The company's purpose is to acquire, hold and manage participations in domestic and foreign companies, to participate, administer, finance, take over the management and provide consulting services and other services to other companies, to hold and trade intellectual property rights, patents, designs, secret processes, trademarks and other intangible property rights and industrial property rights, to trade in currencies, securities and other assets. The company can carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are related to the company's purpose. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company can acquire, hold, sell and encumber real estate.