The company's main purpose is to subscribe, acquire, sell and manage all participations, both in Switzerland and abroad, as a holding company, in industrial, financial, commercial and real estate companies, with the exception of operations prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners. The company may, as a secondary purpose, both in Switzerland and abroad: - create branches or subsidiaries, - participate in other companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose, acquire or found them, - in general, carry out any financial, commercial or industrial activity, movable or immovable, which promotes its development and is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. - carry out these operations for itself or on behalf of third parties, as a representative, agent, commissioner or have them executed on its behalf by third parties. - grant loans to shareholders and third parties, grant leases, act as guarantor for loans subscribed by shareholders or third parties, secure its loans by issuing or pledging mortgage securities or by subscribing to any other financial commitment.