The company's purpose is to provide all services and advice in the commercial and financial fields, advice on the sale and acquisition of companies, assistance in project and/or company financing, acquisition, sale and management of participations in any company. The acquisition for its own account, in any form, of companies of any nature, both in Switzerland and abroad. The company may engage in any financial, commercial, industrial, movable or immovable activity, directly or indirectly related to its purpose or likely to promote its realization, conclude contracts that are likely to develop its activities or relate directly or indirectly to them, receive products in the form of interest, commissions and dividends, create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, take participations, acquire or create identical or similar companies, participate in all companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose. It may carry out these operations both on its own account and on behalf of third parties. It may grant loans and provide guarantees in favor of any person, in particular its shareholders and directors.