The company's purpose is to operate, acquire, hold, manage, and dispose of direct and indirect interests in all types of companies, notably commercial, industrial, financial, and real estate companies, as well as the financing of affiliated companies. The company may create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with identical or similar objectives, or merge with such companies, acquire or sell real estate, carry out all operations, and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and extending its purpose; as well as all commercial operations directly or indirectly related to it.