The purpose of the company is to procure, transport, store and sell goods for companies of all kinds. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, set up subsidiaries, participate in related companies, and acquire, hold, manage, exploit and sell real estate and intellectual property rights. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, provide securities of all kinds for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including direct or indirect shareholders of the company or companies in which these shareholders are directly or indirectly involved), including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers or assignments of the company's assets or guarantees, joint and several liability or suretyships, or otherwise secure or guarantee the obligations of these other companies, whether for consideration or not. Furthermore, it may engage in liquidity balancing/net liquidity concentration (cash pooling) with the aforementioned companies or join such an arrangement, including periodic account balancing. This also applies without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's profit motive, and assuming cluster risks. The company may engage in all commercial, financial and other activities that appear to promote the company's purpose, are related to it or are in the interest of the group or its group companies.