Acquisition and administration of participations on its own account or on behalf of third parties, as representative or in a fiduciary capacity, in commercial, industrial, financial companies, located in Switzerland or abroad, by acquiring shares, bonds, participations, holding claims in any other suitable form. The company may provide financing for its own account or on behalf of third parties. It may grant loans to its shareholders or to third parties, including its direct or indirect parent companies as well as the direct or indirect subsidiaries of the company and its parent companies, or other affiliated companies, and issue guarantees for or in connection with the obligations of these other companies, as well as provide securities of any kind, including through pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any nature, whether against remuneration or not, guarantee loans subscribed by its shareholders or third parties, secure these loans by issuing or pledging mortgage securities or by subscribing to any other financial commitment, pledge its assets to secure any claim. It may acquire trademarks and patents, handle all operations that would be in direct or indirect relation to its main purpose. It may carry out all operations and conclude all contracts that are intended to develop its purpose or relate directly or indirectly to it. In general, the company may create branches, participate in other companies, acquire or establish companies with an identical or similar purpose, carry out all financial, commercial, movable, immovable and other operations and conclude all contracts intended to develop its purpose or relate directly or indirectly to it.