Directly or indirectly, the acquisition, holding, management, operation and disposal of participations in Switzerland and abroad, in the agro-industrial sector and related fields. The Company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The Company may acquire (in the case of the acquisition of properties located in Switzerland, these must have an exclusively commercial use), hold, manage, pledge, develop and dispose of properties and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, as well as finance other companies. The Company may grant direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries as well as to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, for their own commitments as well as for those of other companies (including direct or indirect shareholders of the Company or companies in which these shareholders have a direct or indirect participation), issue securities of any kind, including by way of pledges on the Company's assets or fiduciary transfers or assignments of the Company's assets, issue guarantees, provide guarantees or otherwise secure or guarantee the obligations of the Company or these other companies, with or without remuneration. Furthermore, it may operate or participate with the companies mentioned above in cash pooling/centralization of net liquidity, including periodic balance adjustments, and this without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the Company's profit motive and incurring a concentration of risks. The Company may carry out all commercial, financial and other activities suitable to promote its purpose or related to it.