The company's purpose is to carry out, in Switzerland and/or abroad, any commercial operation related to consumer goods, in particular dairy products (cheese, etc.), including but not limited to research, development, manufacturing, promotion (advertising, etc.), marketing in any form, export, import; to file, acquire, hold and sell patents and/or all intellectual property rights (trademarks, etc.) and to acquire, hold and grant licenses; to grant (a) loans and/or any other form of financing or (b) guarantees and/or any other form of security to one or more Associates, companies of the same group and/or third parties for their direct or indirect benefit, if it serves the interests of the Company.