The company's purpose is to develop and realize real estate projects, as well as to acquire, develop, manage, hold, encumber and sell properties in Switzerland and abroad, and to trade in goods of all kinds. The company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, for consideration or free of charge, and may provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on the company's assets or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets, or by way of guarantees of any kind. Furthermore, the purpose includes all activities that serve to promote the main purpose; in particular, the company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, found or acquire similar or related companies, make financings of all kinds and engage in financial transactions of all kinds on its own account or as trustee.