The company's purpose is to acquire, hold, maintain, manage, rent, operate, develop and realize, broker and trade in real estate for itself or for third parties. The company may also participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, or by providing guarantees or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge. The company may evaluate and/or acquire and/or sell rights to intellectual property and know-how, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, manage and sell participations, make financial investments in Switzerland and abroad, broker and/or conduct financial transactions, trade in goods of all kinds and carry out all other commercial, financial and other activities that are connected with the company's purpose.