The company's purpose is to conduct, manage, and finance industrial, commercial, and service companies in Switzerland and abroad, including the acquisition and ownership of interests in such companies; to invest in and manage assets and goods, as well as to trade and store oil, minerals, and other products. The company may carry out all commercial and financial transactions, participate in all companies and commercial and financial institutions, both in Switzerland and abroad. The company may, on its own account or on behalf of third parties, carry out all commercial, financial, movable or immovable transactions (except those prohibited by the LFAIE) directly or indirectly related to its main purpose. It may also establish branches and/or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company is authorized to grant (directly or indirectly) loans or other forms of financing to a direct or indirect parent company or to direct or indirect subsidiaries of the company or a parent company, as well as to provide all kinds of securities in favor of these companies, including in the form of pledges, fiduciary transfers of the company's assets, or guarantees of any kind, with or without compensation.