The acquisition of interests in all companies and/or groups, the acquisition, subscription of all company securities and their sale; the management of the portfolio of subscribed or acquired securities; active participation in determining, directing, conducting and controlling the general policy, and more generally, in effectively animating all companies, legal entities with or without legal personality, in which it will take a stake in the future, and all companies directly or indirectly controlled by the latter, provided that the company has control over them; the provision of all management, administrative, accounting, financial, management, commercial and real estate services; the acquisition, sale, rental, furnished or unfurnished, promotion of all building land or not, all residential, commercial or industrial buildings, as well as any other movable or immovable property; the participation of the company, by all means, directly or indirectly, in all operations that may be related to its purpose by way of creation of new companies, contribution, subscription or purchase of securities or social rights, merger or otherwise, creation, acquisition, rental, lease-management of all business assets or establishments; the taking, acquisition, exploitation or transfer of all processes and patents related to these activities; and generally, all industrial, commercial, financial, civil, movable or immovable operations that may be directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose or to any similar or related purpose. It is also specified that all real estate properties located in Switzerland, held directly or indirectly, must have an exclusively commercial use.