Any service and any performance related to the acquisition and management of participations in all financial, commercial, industrial or real estate companies; the company may acquire, operate and transfer patents, licenses and trademarks, and in general, carry out all operations and assume all functions, both on its own account and on behalf of third parties, which have a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose, excluding any operation prohibited by the LFAIE; it may create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, acquire or sell real estate (within the limits of the LFAIE), carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or related thereto directly or indirectly.