The company's purpose is to acquire and manage, directly or indirectly, for its own account or for that of third parties, participations in other companies, Swiss or foreign, to finance groups of companies and to carry out placement and investment activities, in Switzerland or abroad, as well as any other related activity, it being specified that if real estate is held through participations and is located in Switzerland, it may only have an exclusively commercial use. The company may carry out all commercial, financial, real estate (concerning buildings located in Switzerland, these must have an exclusively commercial use), movable or consulting operations, and conclude all contracts having a direct or indirect connection with its purpose and promoting its development, for its own account and/or as trustee. The company may also acquire participations in other companies and acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, establish branches or form subsidiaries in Switzerland or abroad.