The company's purpose is: the holding, sale, management and acquisition of participations and investments in commercial and industrial companies in Switzerland and abroad. It will also have the purpose of administration, management, commercial consulting, partnership, analysis and evaluation, studies, system solutions, all financial and service activities, as well as any activity directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may develop its activity both in Switzerland and abroad, without geographical limitation; create branches; participate in other companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose, acquire or found them; in general, exercise any financial, commercial or industrial activity, movable or immovable, directly or indirectly related to its purpose, except for any operation covered by the LEFin and LSFin or prohibited by the LFAIE. The company has the capacity to acquire, manage, sell and rent real estate, both in Switzerland and abroad. Furthermore, the company's purpose is to provide all consulting activities, administrative and management services to companies; investing in works of art, jewelry, precious stones and metals and collectibles of all kinds, as well as trading in such objects; to seek, facilitate and create new business contacts and opportunities for collaboration between commercial, industrial, service companies and businessmen; to research partnerships, investments and business for third-party companies and individuals; to build real estate for third parties, to broker movable, immovable and financial assets and all other commission-based or result-based businesses and services; to assume the functions of representative, agent, broker and any other intermediary in commercial, industrial, financial and service matters, except for any operation covered by the LEFin and LSFin or prohibited by the LFAIE; to seek, subscribe, finance and place venture capital in small and medium-sized enterprises, existing or to be created, for research, innovation, design and development in products and services; to buy, sell and broker real estate, companies, participations, patents, goods, products and services, know-how and ideas, their financing, enhancement and commercial exploitation; to clean up and manage deficit or troubled companies; to seek, organize and facilitate joint ventures, employee buyouts, leveraged buyouts, company spin-offs and all other corporate restructurings; to subscribe, directly or indirectly, to all shares, bonds and participation certificates of Swiss and foreign companies listed on the stock exchange or not, and to invest in such securities, to make or have made stock market investments, including on futures and options markets; to take participations in holding and financial companies and in companies having a purpose analogous to its own or likely to favor its expansion. Within the framework of its purpose, the company may acquire and transfer rights and contracts, carry out, have carried out and subcontract expert opinions, research, studies, advice and all other services; it may grant loans to its shareholders and to third parties or guarantee such loans on behalf of its subsidiaries and branches. The company may entrust all or part of the management to trustees, experts or third parties and call upon external advisors for the company's activities.