The company's purpose is to acquire, hold and market real estate and to develop, create, manage and broker its own and third-party real estate; it can participate in properties in Switzerland and abroad. The company can participate in other companies, acquire, utilize, manage and sell plots of land and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and furthermore carry out all legal transactions that may be necessary or suitable to promote the company's purpose or the development of group companies. In addition, the company can participate directly or indirectly in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or by providing guarantees, sureties or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are provided free of charge.