To carry out all financial operations, including the provision of all related services for its own account and for the account of the companies of the Couche-Tard group. The Company is part of the Couche-Tard group and conducts its business in accordance with the group's objectives as far as possible. Therefore, the Company may, in the interest of the group companies or one of them (including group companies that hold it, directly or indirectly, as well as their direct or indirect subsidiaries), carry out treasury operations, conclude contracts and, in particular, grant loans or other forms of financing to these group companies, including participating in cash pooling operations, and provide all kinds of collateral for their obligations, including through pledges, transfers or assignments of Company assets for security purposes or through guarantees of any kind, whether onerous or not. It may create branches in Switzerland and abroad, take participations in any company in Switzerland or abroad, represent third parties, engage in commercial activities, enter into contractual commitments and take all measures or engage in any activity that is likely to promote the social purpose or that falls directly or indirectly within the scope of its activities, except for any activity subject to authorization by FINMA. The Company may acquire, hold, manage, mortgage and sell real estate as well as acquire, operate, pledge and sell patents, licenses and other intangible assets. With regard to transactions related to the purchase of real estate in Switzerland, these must have an exclusively commercial purpose. It is specified that if real estate held through participations is located in Switzerland, it may only have an exclusively commercial purpose.