The company's purpose is the acquisition, sale, holding and management of participations in all companies and/or enterprises both in Switzerland and abroad, excluding participations in any company whose purpose is the acquisition of real estate in Switzerland. The company may carry out all commercial, financial, industrial, movable and immovable transactions for its own account or for the account of third parties, exclusively for commercial purposes, excluding operations prohibited by the LFAIE, 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.