Acquisition, sale, holding and management of shares in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad; acquisition, holding, management, rental and sale of real estate. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and 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. It may acquire, manage, encumber and dispose of land, intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds.