The company's purpose in Switzerland and abroad is the acquisition, holding, financing, administration, management, sale, and disposal of participations in all Swiss and foreign companies and corporations, whether financial, industrial, commercial, movable or immovable, except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE. Furthermore, it may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial, commercial, movable or immovable transactions directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose and may be interested, in any form, in all similar companies, in particular by taking participations in similar companies. The company may also establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. It may also file, acquire, hold and sell patents or any intellectual property rights and acquire, hold and grant licenses, grant loans or guarantees to shareholders, subsidiaries, parent companies, sister companies and third parties, if this favors its interests or those of the group of companies to which it belongs, carry out any cash pooling activity for the account of the group to which it belongs.