Trade, import and export as well as organization and execution of auctions and liquidations of goods of all kinds and execution of transports and provision of related services. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, and enter into any business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. Furthermore, it may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, manage, encumber and sell intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds.