The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, sell, maintain, rent and manage real estate in Switzerland, to the extent that no permit is required under the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG), and abroad, including the construction, renovation and renovation of buildings. The company may acquire, hold, manage and sell domestic and foreign participations in companies of all kinds in the sense of a holding company. The company may grant loans or other financing to its direct and indirect parent companies and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, or provide collateral of all kinds for the liabilities of such and other companies, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets by means of guarantees of any kind. Furthermore, the purpose includes all activities that serve to promote the main purpose; in particular, the company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, found or acquire similar or related companies, engage in financial transactions of all kinds on its own account or as a trustee, and acquire, hold, manage and sell intellectual property rights.