The company's purpose is to trade and broker products and goods of all kinds in Switzerland and internationally, particularly in petroleum products, energy products (gas and derivatives), mineral and metal products, agricultural, food and cereal sectors, as well as investment, particularly in the aforementioned sectors. The company may, excluding operations prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners, carry out all commercial, financial or other operations that are directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose, and this in any form or by any means, within the limits of Swiss law. create subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad. acquire, hold and dispose of real estate (for exclusively commercial use in Switzerland) and intellectual property rights. provide direct or indirect financing, whether in the form of loans and/or in any other form of financing, with or without remuneration, to third parties or to companies in which it holds direct or indirect participations, as well as to its direct or indirect holders. enter into all kinds of guarantees, securities and sureties for third parties or for companies in which it holds direct or indirect participations, as well as for direct or indirect holders and companies in which they hold direct or indirect participations.