The company's purpose is the acquisition, holding, financing, sale and transfer of participations in all Swiss and foreign companies and corporations, whether financial, industrial, commercial, movable or immovable, except for operations prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners of December 16, 1983 (LFAIE). The company may create subsidiaries and branches as well as hold participations in all companies. The company may acquire, hold, develop, manage, operate, encumber and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights (including patents, trademarks, licenses, manufacturing processes). The company may carry out all commercial, financial or other operations that are directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. The company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to group companies and third parties, including its shareholders (direct and indirect) and companies of these groups, including within the framework of centralized cash management agreements (cash pooling), and provide securities of all kinds for their commitments, including through pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of all kinds, for consideration or not.