The holding and financing of participations, it being specified that the company may hold participations in real estate companies in Switzerland exclusively for commercial purposes. It may also form and manage branches and subsidiaries, grant loans to its shareholders or third parties, and provide guarantees or guarantees for any commitment made by its shareholders or third parties. The company may also engage in any other activity having a direct or indirect connection with these purposes; it may in particular create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts intended to develop and expand its purpose or related thereto directly or indirectly.