The company's purpose is to acquire participations in companies or enterprises, as well as any other form of investment, also on a fiduciary basis, excluding any real estate investment in Switzerland. The company may also carry out any other activity suitable to pursue the company's purpose. The company may participate in other companies that have the same purpose or that carry out activities complementary to its own. The company may also grant loans and/or direct or indirect financing to third parties, including shareholders of the company or of the companies in which they participate, and issue guarantees of any kind to its subsidiary companies. The company may carry out autonomously or through third parties any direct, indirect or collateral activity deemed useful, preparatory or deriving from the achievement of the company's purpose.