The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, manage and sell participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad and to finance them. The company also has the purpose of providing any service, consulting and resale of licenses. In general, the company may carry out all commercial, financial, movable and immovable transactions (excluding transactions prohibited by the LFAIE) and conclude all contracts that are suitable for developing its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it; it may participate in companies or enterprises with a similar purpose or other purposes and create branches in Switzerland and abroad. The company may participate directly or indirectly in group financings, in particular by granting credits to its direct or indirect associates or to other group or participating companies, or by granting guarantees, sureties or other securities of any kind for their commitments to third parties, even if these credits or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect associates or other group or participating companies and are granted free of charge.