The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and sell, on its own account and not as a trustee, participations in companies, commercial, financial and industrial enterprises with their registered office in Switzerland and abroad. The company may also engage in activities such as granting loans, guarantees, including mortgages, sureties and guarantees, also in favor of third parties, excluding the exercise of banking and insurance activities. The company may also acquire, sell, manage, receive and grant the use of technologies, technical know-how, industrial patents, trademarks, licenses and intellectual property rights in general. The company also aims to engage in activities such as buying, selling, intermediating, renting, commercializing in general means of locomotion (cars, motorcycles, boats, etc.) and related accessories, including spare parts and the provision of all related services. The company may also acquire, encumber, manage, administer, lease and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, as well as participate in real estate companies and enterprises with their registered office and/or activities in Switzerland and abroad, in compliance with applicable laws. Any activity carried out in the real estate sector is not directed towards third parties but is limited to real estate for its own account. Finally, the company may carry out all commercial, industrial and financial operations deemed necessary or useful and functionally connected with the company's purpose or aimed at achieving it, and open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.