The company's purpose is to acquire, manage, hold, administer and dispose of direct or indirect participations in all commercial, financial, movable and immovable property companies in Switzerland and abroad, in the sense of a holding company, excluding operations prohibited by the LFAIE, as well as financing, granting guarantees, controlling and advising companies and corporations in which it participates, and in general, carrying out all operations directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad. It may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all commercial operations directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose and may be interested, in any form, in all similar companies.