The acquisition, holding, management and sale of shares in companies of any type in Switzerland or abroad, including all real estate investments, it being specified that real estate operations in Switzerland only concern properties with exclusively commercial use and therefore not subject to the authorization regime of the federal law on the acquisition of real estate by foreigners (LFAIE). The company may grant loans or any other form of financing to third parties and/or companies of the same group as well as provide securities of any kind, directly or indirectly for the benefit of third parties and/or companies of the same group, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities over the assets of the company. The company may carry out for its own account or for the account of third parties all commercial, financial, industrial, movable and immovable operations in direct or indirect relation with its main purpose, in Switzerland and abroad, open branches in Switzerland and abroad and take participations in other companies with an analogous or related purpose to its own.