The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and sell participations in companies of any type, in Switzerland or abroad, with the specification that the company may only hold participations in real estate companies with exclusively commercial use in Switzerland. The company may carry out any commercial and financial transaction, directly or indirectly related to its purpose. It may register branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, as well as acquire, hold, manage and sell properties (in Switzerland, properties with exclusively commercial use). The company may grant loans or any other form of financing to companies of the same group, as well as provide guarantees of any kind, for the direct or indirect benefit of companies of the same group or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the company's assets.