The company's purpose is to provide all types of services, particularly business management, research, analysis, and consulting services related to investments. It can acquire and manage stakes in any other company in Switzerland and abroad and carry out all commercial and financial operations, directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. Furthermore, it can create branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and acquire, hold, manage, and dispose of real estate (in Switzerland only those with exclusively commercial use) as well as intellectual property. The Company may grant loans or any other form of financing to affiliated companies, as well as provide securities of all kinds, directly or indirectly for the benefit of affiliated companies (or third parties), particularly in the form of guarantees, pledges, or fiduciary transfers of the Company's assets or through personal guarantees or securities of any nature, with or without consideration.