The purpose of the company is the acquisition, holding, management, rental, sale and encumbrance of business premises. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. It may also provide financing, guarantees, sureties or other securities for group companies and third parties. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies 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 parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether by way of loans and/or other financing (including within the framework of cash pooling agreements), whether against payment or not. The company may provide security of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including by way of pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind or by way of 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 parties are directly or indirectly involved.