All operations directly or indirectly related to the acquisition of participations in any form in any company, as well as the administration, management, control and development of these participations; consulting in computer systems, consulting in the finance and insurance industries, all software development activities and related activities, business and management consulting, all engineering and technical study activities, corporate services, and all intermediary activities; the purchase, sale, construction, renovation, management, promotion and brokerage of real estate, as well as all transactions or activities directly related to the purpose of the company; all industrial and commercial operations related to the creation, acquisition, rental, lease-management of all business assets, the leasing, installation, operation of all establishments, business assets, factories, workshops, related to one or more of the activities specified above; the acquisition, exploitation or disposal of all processes, patents and intellectual property rights related to these activities; the direct or indirect participation of the company in all financial, securities or real estate transactions or commercial or industrial enterprises that may be related to the company's purpose or any similar or related purpose. The company may conduct its activities both in Switzerland and abroad, on its own account or on behalf of third parties. It may acquire, manufacture, rent or sublet, operate and sell all real estate, patents, establishments, machinery and equipment that it deems necessary or useful for the realization of its corporate purpose and carry out all related activities that may promote the corporate purpose (cf. statutes for full purpose).