The company's purpose is to acquire, sell, hold, manage, supervise and control participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may provide consulting services to controlled and non-controlled companies. It may grant or receive loans from companies in which it holds direct or indirect participations or other rights of any kind, or which belong to the same group as the company, as well as provide guarantees or sureties to secure the commitments of these companies towards third parties and provide assistance to these companies in other ways, and conversely obtain guarantees or assistance in a broad sense from these companies. The company may also carry out any commercial, industrial, financial, real estate or intellectual property activities in Switzerland and abroad that are useful for achieving its corporate purpose.