The company's purpose is to acquire direct or indirect participations in any companies or businesses in Switzerland and abroad, in the sense of a holding company. The company may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial, securities or real estate transactions that are directly or indirectly related to its main purpose. The company may also establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad. The company may grant loans or other direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries, as well as to any other company in the group, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and may also guarantee their obligations to third parties in any way, including through pledges, assignments or transfers for security or guarantee purposes of any kind, remunerated or not, even if these guarantees and securities exclusively serve the interests of the direct or indirect shareholders or other companies in the group.