The company's purpose is: the acquisition, sale, administration and management of participations in any commercial (in particular in the field of education), financial, industrial and real estate companies (excluding non-eligible real estate participations under the LFAIE), as a holding company; the purchase, sale, development, management and administration of real estate, except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE. The company may participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or establish companies with an identical or similar purpose, create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland or abroad, carry out all financial, commercial, industrial and real estate transactions and conclude all contracts that are suitable for developing its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it.