The company's purpose is to hold and manage real estate, manage assets and grant loans. The company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect shareholders, as well as to their direct or indirect subsidiaries, for consideration or free of charge, and provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by guarantees of any kind. The company may participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire them or merge with them; it may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad and conduct all business that is suitable to promote its purpose or that is directly or indirectly related to it.