The company's purpose is to acquire, sell, hold, manage and, in particular, rent out commercially and industrially used properties, as well as to provide services of any kind in this field and in the telecommunications and computer sector. The company may establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, hold, license and sell operating properties and intellectual property rights. The company may also engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. Furthermore, the company may provide direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide collateral of any kind for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries), including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not. In addition, it may engage in liquidity balancing/concentration of net liquidity (cash pooling) with the aforementioned companies or join such an arrangement, including periodic account settlement (zero balancing). This also applies under preferential conditions without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and assuming cluster risks.