The company's purpose is to purchase, sell, hold and manage real estate, intellectual property rights and participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to provide consulting and asset management services. Furthermore, the company may establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad and, in addition, carry out all legal transactions that may be necessary to achieve the company's purpose. The company may grant loans to direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or provide 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 their direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge.