The company's purpose is to participate in industrial, commercial and financial enterprises in Switzerland and abroad, particularly in the field of tea, other beverages and related industries. The company's purpose is also to manufacture, market and sell beverages, as well as to manufacture and sell ingredients, concentrates, extracts and materials used for beverages or in connection with beverages, and to fill and package beverages and related materials. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and/or abroad; it may participate in any form in Swiss and foreign companies; it may participate in other industrial and commercial companies and finance and support the development of existing companies. The company is part of the The Coca-Cola Group of Companies and, to the extent permitted, aligns its business activities with the group's goals. Accordingly, the company may, in the interest of the group or individual group companies (including their direct or indirect parent companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries), enter into contracts and, in particular, grant loans or other financing to such group companies and provide security for their liabilities of any kind, including by way of pledges or security assignments and transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not. In general, the company may conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose or that, in the opinion of the board of directors, promotes the purpose or is suitable for the investment of available funds.