The company's purpose is to hold and manage participations in all types of Swiss and/or foreign companies (with the exception of operations prohibited by the LFAIE), as a holding company. The company may also engage in any other activity that has a direct or indirect connection with these purposes; it may in particular create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies 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 that are suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it.