The company's purpose is to engage in the wholesale trade of cut flowers and plants and related articles. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire or merge with similar or related companies, acquire, encumber, manage and sell real estate and securities, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may also take out and grant loans, provide guarantees and other securities, acquire, manage and exploit intellectual property rights.