The company's purpose is to acquire, hold and sell participations, as well as to contribute to defining the objectives, strategies and priorities of the companies in which it holds participations. It also aims to coordinate and control their activities, and more generally, to manage and supervise them. The company also provides general services, such as accounting, financial and commercial services, administrative management and human resources, consulting, as well as the transfer of know-how and licenses, except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE. The company may carry out all financial, commercial or industrial operations, create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in all enterprises having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose and grant loans or guarantees to shareholders or third parties, if it serves its interests.