Purchase, sale, construction, renovation, management, promotion, and brokerage of properties, as well as all transactions or activities directly related to the company's purpose. The company may carry out its activities both in Switzerland and abroad, on its own account or on behalf of others. It may acquire, manufacture, lease or sublease, operate, and sell all properties (In Switzerland: within the limits permitted by the LFAIE), patents, establishments, machines, and materials that it deems necessary or useful for the achievement of its corporate purpose and carry out all related activities that promote the corporate purpose. It may create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or be interested through contribution, merger, subscription, financial intervention, or any other means, in all companies, associations, or enterprises that have in whole or in part a similar or related purpose to its own or that may directly or indirectly promote its extension and development. The company may be indebted to loans or grant to any company or individual, tangible or intangible financing in the form of loans or any other form, including through mortgage, or act as a guarantor on their behalf.