The company's purpose is to develop, plan, finance and realize real estate and construction projects of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad for its own account or for third parties, to acquire and sell, to develop, rent, manage, broker, market and otherwise manage properties in Switzerland and abroad for its own account and for third parties, as well as to provide related services. The company may participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and perform all legal acts that may be necessary or useful for the purpose of the company or to promote its development or that of group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest, whether by way of loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and may provide security of any kind for their obligations, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.