The company's purpose is to acquire interests in other Swiss or foreign companies, to buy, sell and manage shares, licenses, patents, and any other rights, as well as all financial activities in these areas. The company has the faculty to take interests in any form in all enterprises or companies pursuing an identical or analogous purpose, or likely to promote its corporate purpose, by way of creation of new companies or enterprises, contributions, subscriptions, purchases of shares and interests or rights, or alternatively by way of merger or association. The company may also buy, sell, register and exploit intangible assets in Switzerland and abroad, notably patents, rights attached to patents and trademarks, as well as the acquisition and sale of licenses related to such rights. The company may, for its own account or that of third parties, carry out all financial, commercial, industrial, movable and immovable operations directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may also grant loans or any other form of financing, as well as provide securities of all kinds, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the assets of the company, for the direct or indirect benefit of companies of the same group, its partners, its relatives or third parties. Finally, the company may create branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad.