The purpose of the company is to construct, maintain, operate, manage and make available buildings and facilities, in particular for the operation of the Zurich Wholesale Market, to the Zurich Wholesale Market Hall AG and third parties, against payment or free of charge. The company also aims to provide additional infrastructure and related services, in particular for the operation of the Zurich Wholesale Market. The company may also produce or sell energy (including solar power). The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company or are suitable for promoting it. The company may acquire, hold, manage, use, encumber, sell, dispose of, sublicense, exploit or have exploited intellectual property rights, industrial property rights or license rights. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. 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 shareholders are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans and/or other financing. The company may provide security 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, security 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 shareholders are directly or indirectly involved.