The import, export, trade, and distribution of products, goods, and foodstuffs, as well as the provision of services of any nature, both for its own account and for the account of third parties. It may acquire, hold, exploit, use, manage, and transfer trademarks, designs, patents, copyrights, and more generally, all intellectual property rights, in any form. The company may also grant loans, advances, guarantees, or securities of any nature, to its subsidiaries, sister companies, parent company, or any other affiliated company and to third parties. The company may carry out all real estate operations abroad. It may also carry out all real estate operations with exclusively commercial use in Switzerland, excluding any operations prohibited by the LFAIE, as well as any related or complementary activities directly or indirectly related to its purpose, in Switzerland and abroad. The company may create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or establish companies with an identical or similar purpose, carry out all commercial, financial, securities, or other operations, and conclude all contracts suitable for developing its purpose or directly or indirectly related thereto.