The company's purpose is to hold and manage participations in companies of all kinds, as well as to acquire and sell real estate and properties in Switzerland and abroad, and to manage them, and to provide consulting services in the real estate sector for other group companies and third parties. The company may acquire, manage and transfer patents, trademarks and technical and industrial know-how, acquire, manage and sell properties in Switzerland and abroad, and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, establish branches in Switzerland and abroad and found subsidiaries. The company may 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 all kinds 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 conduct all other business that directly or indirectly promotes the aforementioned purposes.