Acquisition, holding, permanent administration and sale of participations in companies of all types in Switzerland and abroad; the company may perform all services in the fields of real estate, trade, engineering, consulting and book publishing, as well as all commercial operations in these fields, including import-export; it may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries as well as to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, for their own commitments as well as for those of other companies (including direct or indirect shareholders of the company or companies in which these shareholders have a direct or indirect participation) (cf. statutes for complete purpose)