Direct or indirect participation in all companies to be created or already existing through subscription of capital or acquisition of securities, as a shareholder or associate, excluding operations prohibited by the LFAIE; with regard to real estate participations in Switzerland, this will be limited to an exclusively commercial allocation; taking of interests in any form, in all operations or enterprises of any kind; management and disposal of participations; purchase, sale or exchange of all securities, social rights and interest shares; subcontracting of any activity or provision of services with all companies in which it participates; purchase and sale, in the form of self-service (supermarket) or any other form, of all articles and products of everyday consumption, including: food products; maintenance, perfumery, lingerie, hardware and gardening products; furniture and decoration products; children's articles (toys, knitwear, etc.); electronic articles (radios, televisions, photos, cookers, refrigerators, etc.); paramedical articles, tobacco, tobacco articles, newspapers, stationery and bookstore articles (cf. statutes for complete purpose).