The purpose of the company is the acquisition, sale, control and financing of participations. Furthermore, the company aims to provide strategic and organizational planning, management and consulting services to its subsidiaries. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies, merge with other companies, acquire, encumber, manage and sell patents and other intangible assets as well as real estate, and enter into any business and conclude any contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it.