The company's purpose is the acquisition, sale, holding, administration and management of all participations in companies, including the provision of related advisory services; 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 also aims to rent, buy, sell, import, export and distribute all movable goods and merchandise. The company may carry out all financial, commercial or industrial, movable or immovable operations, except for any operation prohibited by the LFAIE, directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose, create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and grant loans or guarantees to associates or third parties, if it serves its interests.