The company's purpose is, directly or indirectly, in Switzerland or abroad: the acquisition, marketing, investment and industrialization in the fields of new technologies, environment and renewable energies, in particular solar energy; the manufacture and marketing of all components of solar energy production systems; all service and consulting services in the field of management and various aspects of business management; the management of trademarks and intellectual property rights owned by it or belonging to third parties; and more generally, all operations of any nature, economic or legal, financial, civil or commercial, movable or immovable, including the granting of any guarantee, warranty, security or firm commitment of equivalent or similar effect, which may be directly or indirectly related to this corporate purpose or to all similar, connected or complementary purposes; the direct or indirect participation of the company in all industrial, commercial or financial activities, movable or immovable, in Switzerland or abroad, in any form whatsoever, provided that these activities or operations can be directly or indirectly related to the corporate purpose or to all similar, connected or complementary purposes. The company may not carry out operations prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE). The company may also: create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; grant loans or guarantees to shareholders or third parties, if this serves its interests; guarantee loans granted to its shareholders.