The company's purpose is to acquire and finance any Swiss or foreign company (except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE), import and export food products, trade, advise and provide services in the field of information technology. The company may carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all financial, commercial, industrial, movable or immovable operations, except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE, directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. It may, in general, engage in any activity directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may also grant or request loans to its associates, subsidiaries or related parties and carry out all commercial, financial or other transactions that directly or indirectly pursue its purpose. It may, in particular, create branches in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts intended to develop and expand its purpose or directly or indirectly related to it.