The company's purpose is the acquisition and holding of interests in other companies, participation in their management and development, as well as the purchase and sale of securities and intellectual property rights. The company may also, either for its own account or for the account of third parties, carry out all financial, commercial, movable or immovable operations (excluding all operations prohibited by the federal law on the acquisition of immovable property by foreigners) directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose and be interested, in any form, in all similar enterprises, notably by taking a stake in similar enterprises. The company may also establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may also enter into loan agreements with its partners, as a debtor or creditor, or grant them guarantees, if this is in its interest.