The company's purpose is the acquisition, holding, administration, and disposal of participations both in Switzerland and abroad, as well as all other activities related thereto. The company may engage in any financial, commercial, industrial, movable or immovable activity, directly or indirectly related to its purpose or conducive to its realization, conclude contracts that are intended to develop its activities or are directly or indirectly related thereto, receive income in the form of interest, commissions, and dividends, establish branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or create identical or similar businesses, participate in all businesses having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose. It may perform these operations both on its own account and on behalf of third parties. It may grant loans and provide guarantees in favor of any person, including its shareholders and managers.