The company aims to acquire, hold, manage, and dispose of participations or interests of any kind, particularly through purchase, subscription, contribution, merger, or in any other manner, in companies or enterprises in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to manage and dispose of such participations. It may directly or indirectly hold, acquire, manage, and dispose of securities, participations, and real estate, particularly through companies it controls. The company also aims to financially manage all income and earnings from its participations, including their financial investments, as well as to carry out all treasury, financing, and reinvestment transactions related to these participations. The company may provide all services, particularly administrative, financial, strategic, organizational, and legal services, for companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as for other legal entities economically linked to it. The company may grant loans or other forms of financing to companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders of the company and the companies they directly or indirectly hold. It may also provide or assume securities and guarantees of any kind for these persons, particularly in the form of patronage declarations, guarantees on first demand, pledges, or fiduciary assignments of the company's assets, even if these transactions do not provide the company with immediate or direct economic consideration. The company may generally engage in all commercial, financial, movable, or immovable activities related to its purpose. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and invest in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as conduct all transactions directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, dispose of, and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also undertake financings for its own or third-party account, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.