The acquisition, holding, management and sale of interests in companies of any kind (excluding interests in real estate companies), in Switzerland or abroad. The company may grant loans or any other form of financing to third parties and/or companies of the same group, as well as provide guarantees of any kind, for the direct or indirect benefit of third parties and/or companies of the same group, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the company's assets. The company may carry out all commercial, financial, industrial, movable and immovable transactions on its own account or on behalf of third parties, in direct or indirect relation to its main purpose, in Switzerland and abroad, open branches in Switzerland and abroad, and take participations in other companies with a similar or related purpose.