The company's purpose is: the purchase, development, exploitation and sale of all built or unbuilt properties and all real estate rights; the trade in wines, spirits and food products; the purchase, sale and exploitation of patents and licenses related in particular to the fields described above; the acquisition of interests in all commercial, financial or real estate entities, excluding operations prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE) (for full purpose see articles of association).