The provision of services, advice, and support in the financial, commercial, and industrial sectors, as well as the management, financing, and other types of transactions in these areas, such as the acquisition, holding, management, and sale of shares in companies of any type, in Switzerland or abroad, with the exception of shares in companies not listed on a Swiss stock exchange and having a real estate purpose. The company may acquire and manage shares in any other business. It may also create branches and subsidiaries, both in Switzerland and abroad, as well as grant loans or guarantees to companies it holds, to its partners, to their relatives or to third parties. The company may, either for its own account or for the account of third parties, carry out any operation directly or indirectly related to its purpose or likely to promote its development.