The purchase, sale and management of participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad; the provision of strategic consulting services, operational management and administrative support for companies and related entities, as well as consulting in the financial, commercial and industrial fields, including market studies, search for strategic partners and support in the development of projects. The company may engage in any financial, commercial and industrial activity directly or indirectly related to its purpose; establish branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; participate in any companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose; grant loans to its direct or indirect shareholders as well as to any other company in the group and guarantee their obligations to third parties, including by way of pledges, assignments or transfers for security or guarantees of any kind, remunerated or not; or participate in cash pooling operations within its group. The company may, in general, undertake any activity useful or necessary for the achievement of its purpose, even outside the areas mentioned above, to the extent that these activities support or complement its corporate purpose.