The company's purpose is to engage in all activities related to the acquisition of participations in any commercial, financial, industrial, service and real estate company, the management and financing of these participations, and all financial or commercial transactions of any kind. Furthermore, it may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial, commercial, movable or real estate transactions directly or indirectly related to its purpose and may be interested in any form in all similar companies, in Switzerland and abroad. The company may also establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The Company may, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, carry out all financial, commercial, industrial, movable and real estate transactions in Switzerland and abroad, directly or indirectly related to its main purpose; create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; participate in all companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose; grant loans or any other form of financing to, and provide guarantees of any kind, for the direct or indirect benefit of its shareholders, companies of the same group or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the Company's assets.