The purpose of the company is to manage the company's assets and to acquire, hold, manage, sell and finance direct or indirect participations in Switzerland and abroad, in particular in the real estate sector. The company can acquire, hold and sell properties and intellectual property rights. The company can also carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are directly or indirectly related to the purpose of the company. The company can grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether by means of loans and/or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, whether against payment or not. The company can provide security of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including by means of pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind or by means of offset obligations, whether against payment or not, even if such financing, security or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved.