The company's purpose is the acquisition, sale, administration and management of participations in all commercial, financial, real estate and industrial companies, the holding of patents as well as all financial transactions in any form, in Switzerland or abroad. The company may: - carry out any financial, commercial or industrial activity, movable or immovable, directly or indirectly related to its purpose or likely to develop it; - create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; - participate in all companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose in Switzerland or abroad; - conclude loan agreements with its shareholders, as debtor or creditor, or grant them guarantees if it serves its interests.