The company's purpose is: The purchase, sale, holding, administration and management of all participations, including the direct or indirect acquisition of real estate, in Switzerland and abroad. The exercise of financing, control and advisory activities in favor of the companies and corporations in which it participates and the granting of guarantees to them. The company may grant loans or any guarantees either to its partners or to third parties, if this promotes its own interests. The company may carry out, either for its own account or for the account of third parties, all financial, commercial, industrial, movable and immovable operations, directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose.