The purchase, sale, holding, administration and management of all participations, in the sense of a holding company, including the acquisition, direct or indirect, of real estate, which will be exclusively commercial in nature, if located in Switzerland. The exercise of financing, control and advisory activities in favor of the companies and corporations in which it participates and the granting of guarantees to them. The company may grant loans or guarantees to its shareholders or to third parties, if this serves its own interests. The company may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial, commercial, industrial, movable and immovable transactions, directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose.