The company's purpose is the acquisition, sale, exchange, rental, construction, financing, operation, and management of properties or land, with or without accessories, participation in all financial operations and transactions that are intended to develop the company's purpose or have a direct or indirect connection to its object. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or establish companies with an identical or similar purpose, carry out all operations, and conclude all contracts that are intended to develop the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may execute financing operations, grant loans to third parties as well as to group companies and direct or indirect shareholders of the company, and provide securities of any kind for its own commitments or for the commitments of the aforementioned companies or for the commitments of direct or indirect shareholders of the company vis-à-vis third parties, including pledges, transfers of securities, and guarantees.