The company's purpose is to acquire, manage and dispose of participations in companies and undertakings; buying, selling, brokerage and management of real estate as well as consulting and services in the real estate sector; planning and realization of real estate projects in Switzerland and abroad; acquisition, management and sale of securities, loans, guarantees, intellectual property rights, branches and subsidiaries (in Switzerland, excluding transactions subject to the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad). The company may participate in other undertakings, acquire, utilize, manage and dispose of business premises, real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and perform all legal acts that may serve the company's purpose or promote its development or that of group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest, whether through loans or other financing, and provide security for their obligations of any kind, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether for consideration or not.