The company's purpose is to participate in any commercial, industrial, service, financial or real estate business, excluding any operation prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE). The company may also: engage in any financial, commercial or industrial activity, movable or immovable (except for operations prohibited by LFAIE), directly or indirectly related to its purpose; create branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; grant loans or guarantees to associates, subsidiaries, parent companies, sister companies or third parties, if it serves its interests or those of the group of companies to which it belongs; carry out any cash pooling activity for the account of the group to which it belongs; acquire, develop, manage and exploit patents, trademarks, licenses, manufacturing processes and intellectual property rights.