The company's purpose is to engage in financial management in the broadest sense, to take participations, to invest and to carry out all financial, commercial or industrial transactions, whether movable or immovable, directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may also grant or request loans or guarantees to its shareholders, subsidiaries, related parties or third parties, if it serves its interests, and carry out all commercial, financial or other transactions that directly or indirectly pursue its purpose. In particular, it may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts that are suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it.