The company's purpose is to develop, plan, finance and realize real estate and construction projects of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad for its own account or for third parties, to acquire and sell, to develop, rent, manage, broker, market and otherwise exploit properties in Switzerland and abroad for its own account and for third parties, as well as to provide services related thereto. The company may participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and sell properties and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and carry out all legal transactions that may be necessary or useful for the achievement of its purpose or for the development of the company or its group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest, whether by way of loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and may provide security of any kind for their obligations, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of any kind, whether for consideration or not.