The company's purpose is to buy and sell, as well as to broker, create and rent commercial properties and plots of land, and to manage and advise on assets. The company directs its business activities, to the extent permitted, towards the group's objectives. Accordingly, the company may, in the interest of the group or of individual group companies (including their direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries), conclude contracts and, in particular, grant loans or other financing to such group companies and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges or security assignments and transfers of the company's assets, or by way of guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and acquire and sell participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company may conduct any other business that is conducive to its purpose.