The company's main purpose is the subscription, acquisition, holding, sale and administration of all participations in Switzerland and abroad, as a holding company, in financial, commercial, industrial and real estate companies, with the exception of operations prohibited by the Federal Act 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 establish them; - participate in other companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose, acquire or establish 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 transactions for itself or on behalf of third parties, as a representative, agent, commission agent or have them executed on its behalf by third parties. The company may also grant loans and/or guarantees, in any form, to its shareholders or third parties.