The company's purpose is the acquisition, administration, management and exploitation of participations in all Swiss and foreign companies as well as any investment in movable or immovable property. The company may grant or request loans and guarantees to its shareholders, subsidiaries, related parties or third parties and carry out all commercial, financial or other transactions that directly or indirectly pursue its purpose. The company may also engage in any other activity, in particular all real estate transactions (except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE), having a direct or indirect connection with its purposes. It may notably 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, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or relating directly or indirectly thereto.