Purchase, sale, construction, design, rental of all movable objects, administration and management of buildings; the company may carry out all transactions and conclude all contracts that may promote the purposes set by the company, or that are directly or indirectly related to these purposes; it may exercise its activities both in Switzerland and abroad and take participations in other companies or associate with other companies; it may acquire real estate, encumber, alienate and manage it (cf. statutes for complete purpose)