The company's purpose is to operate, manage and expand real estate. The company can acquire, manage and sell direct and indirect participations, as well as finance companies in Switzerland and abroad, in particular through the acquisition and sale of securities and similar financial instruments, including private equity financing and financing through the provision of mezzanine capital or debt capital. The company can acquire, hold, manage, administer, encumber, utilize, rent, lease, develop and sell domestic and foreign real estate. The company can perform all activities related to the provision of these services and which are connected therewith and beneficial. It can establish branches and subsidiaries and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and furthermore carry out all commercial, financial and other legal transactions which are connected with the purpose of the company or serve this purpose. The company can grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and the direct and indirect subsidiaries of these shareholders, in particular within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security for the obligations of these parties, also through pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or through guarantees of any kind, regardless of whether these are remunerated or not.