The company's purpose is a) to acquire, manage, use, rent, exploit and sell real estate, to develop and implement and participate in real estate and construction projects, and to provide services related to real estate; b) to acquire, hold, manage and sell brands, copyrights, patents, licenses and, in general, intellectual property rights of all kinds, in particular insofar as they are related to the company's main purposes; c) to take over or participate in any companies; d) in general, to carry out all commercial, financial and industrial operations, also with securities or real estate, which are directly or indirectly useful for the pursuit of the main purposes; the company may, in particular, provide financing and grant guarantees and warranties for third parties; e) to establish branches in Switzerland and abroad.