Acquisition, sale and management of participations, patents, rights, licenses and trademarks, as well as the execution of financial transactions of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad, carry out financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, and grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.