The purpose of the company is the purchase and sale, rental and project development, development, planning and brokerage of properties of all kinds abroad on its own account and on behalf of third parties, as well as the trade in goods and services of all kinds. The company can participate in other companies and acquire, exploit, manage and sell intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and furthermore carry out all legal transactions that may be connected with the purpose of the company or that are suitable for promoting 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 direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.