The purpose of the company is to hold and manage financial participations. The company may support its affiliated companies in accounting and management. It may grant loans to its shareholders or affiliated companies. The company may carry out, on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all other activities of any kind, in particular financial, commercial, industrial, movable and related real estate transactions, with the exception of real estate subject to the Federal Property Law, in Switzerland and abroad, which are directly or indirectly related to its main purpose. The company may also establish branches in Switzerland and abroad. It may also participate in any company, receive or pay fees and commissions, negotiate and execute various contracts or commission transactions in various countries.