The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and sell participations in Switzerland and abroad, and to carry out financial transactions of all kinds. The company may take all actions necessary for the optimal management of the companies it participates in, as well as provide direct and/or indirect consulting, services and assistance of all kinds to the companies it participates in, and in any case in the specific interest of the latter and/or of those companies indirectly participated in or otherwise belonging to the same group of interest. The company may also engage in lending and guarantee activities in favor of the companies it participates in, and may carry out all commercial and financial transactions deemed necessary or useful, functionally connected with the company's purpose.