The purpose of the company is the acquisition, management, rental, sale, development and realization of real estate and construction projects, as well as the provision of real estate, consulting, management and other services in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies, acquire, manage and sell intellectual property rights such as patents and licenses, assume representations and engage in any business activity and conclude contracts of any kind that may be beneficial to the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. In pursuing its purpose, the company may take into account the interests of its shareholders. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements (including zero balancing), and provide security of any kind for the obligations of these parties, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. This also applies without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, to the exclusion of the company's profitability and/or with the assumption of cluster risks.