The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, develop, manage and sell real estate directly or indirectly. In this context, the company may also provide services in the administration, rental, brokerage, operation, maintenance and upkeep of real estate. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other domestic and foreign companies, acquire similar or related companies or merge with them, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. Furthermore, it may acquire, manage, encumber and sell plots of land, intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds. In addition, the company may enter into direct or indirect financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, and grant securities of any kind, including pledges, guarantees and sureties to third parties.