The company's purpose is to plan and realize buildings, conversions and renovations, as well as trade (purchase and sale) in real estate in Switzerland, rent, lease and manage buildings of all kinds, and provide all services related to these activities, and conclude any financial and commercial transactions related to these purposes. The circle of its direct shareholders is narrowly limited. The company can participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and sell business premises and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and furthermore carry out all legal transactions and conclude contracts that may be related to the company's purpose or are suitable to promote its development or that of group companies. The company can grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, its narrowly limited circle of direct shareholders or its indirect shareholders, as well as companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether by means of loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by means of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by means of guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.