The company's purpose is the operation and management of restaurants, cafes, bars, tea rooms, hotels and other similar businesses, as well as all real estate operations and participations, including the acquisition, development, construction, transformation, operation, rental, sale and exchange of built or unbuilt properties, except for all operations prohibited by the LFAIE. The company's purpose is to provide direct or indirect financing, whether in the form of loans and/or in any other form of financing, if it is in its interest, to third parties or to companies in which it holds direct or indirect participations, as well as to its direct or indirect shareholders and to companies in which they hold direct or indirect participations. The company may also provide any kind of security or guarantee to secure its obligations or the obligations of each of these persons, including in the form of pledges, assignments or transfers as security, guarantees of any kind or indemnification commitments, if it is in its interest. The company may provide these financings, securities or guarantees even if it is exclusively in the interest of third parties or companies in which it holds direct or indirect participations, or in the interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which they hold direct or indirect participations, if it is in its interest. Furthermore, the company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad; it may assume participations in all similar or similar businesses and take charge of all operations and functions that are intended to develop the company's purpose or have a direct or indirect relationship with its object.