Acquisition of participations in Swiss and/or foreign companies; the company may carry out any financial or commercial operation related to its purpose or likely to promote it; it may also create branches in Switzerland and abroad, take participations, found or finance companies having a direct or indirect relationship with its purpose, grant loans to shareholders and third parties; the company may also carry out all industrial, commercial, financial and service operations in the field of buying, selling and renting machines and service goods, as well as all other industrial operations connected with its purpose.