The company's purpose is the acquisition, administration and sale of participations in all companies or commercial, financial, industrial or other enterprises, both in Switzerland and abroad, as well as their financing. All real estate transactions, namely the purchase, sale, construction, rental, administration, management and development of all real estate, as well as all services in the field of real estate, except those prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad; it may assume participations in all companies in Switzerland and abroad, grant loans, in particular to shareholders, acquire or create similar or similar companies and take on all functions that are intended to develop the purpose of the company or that have a direct or indirect connection with its object, as well as all financial and real estate transactions related thereto.