The operation of a general business and, more generally, the study, planning, management and execution of all types of construction, demolition, transformation or renovation works, as well as the purchase, sale, import and export of all types of supplies; the company may also, in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches or subsidiaries, take participations in, and more generally participate in, all companies and entities having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose, carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, any operation directly or indirectly related to its purpose or likely to promote it, and grant loans or any other form of financing to, and provide guarantees of all kinds, for the direct or indirect benefit of its shareholders, companies of the same group or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the company's assets.