The company's purpose is to purchase, sell, rent and manage properties in Switzerland. The company may establish branches and found or acquire subsidiaries, acquire, manage, hold and sell participations in other companies, and conduct all business directly or indirectly related to the aforementioned purposes. The company may freely invest its own funds within the framework of the legal provisions and resell investments, as well as acquire, encumber, manage and sell real estate and properties in Switzerland. It may also provide financing for its own account or for third-party account, and enter into guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans and/or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements. The company may provide collateral of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including through pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind, or through offset obligations, whether against payment or not, even if such financing, collateral or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved.