The company's purpose is to engage in all activities in the fields of raw materials, investments and finance, to acquire direct participations in any commercial, industrial or other companies in Switzerland or abroad and to administer and sell such participations, all real estate activities, excluding any operation prohibited by the Federal Law on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE), as well as the trade of all products. It may: - carry out any financial, commercial and industrial activity directly or indirectly related to its purpose; - create branches and/or subsidiaries in Switzerland or abroad and take an interest in all related or similar companies that may develop its purpose; - participate in all companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose; - subscribe to all acts of intercession in favor of a partner or third parties (natural or legal persons), notably in the form of loans, pledges, guarantees or others, if it serves its interests.