The company's purpose is to acquire and manage participations in all financial, commercial, industrial, movable or immovable enterprises, both in Switzerland and abroad. It may buy, sell, manage, engage in brokerage activities and renovate all types of properties in the real estate sector, import and export, buy, sell and distribute, in any form, wholesale, retail or by correspondence, all raw or manufactured products, provide all advice and services to companies of all kinds, buy, sell and lease all motorized or non-motorized vehicles (including boats and aircraft). The company may grant loans to its associates, to companies affiliated with them or to third parties, and provide guarantees, grant securities or guarantee any commitment made by its associates, companies affiliated with them or third parties, as well as all commercial activities directly or indirectly related to its purpose, except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE. The company may carry out all financial, commercial or industrial, movable or immovable operations, participate in all enterprises having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose and grant loans or guarantees to associates or third parties, if it serves its interests. It may, in Switzerland or abroad, create branches and subsidiaries, take participations in other companies, acquire or create similar or similar companies, conduct all business and conclude all contracts suitable for developing its purpose or directly or indirectly related to it. Furthermore, it may acquire, operate and alienate real estate, both in Switzerland and abroad, within the limits of the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE).