The purpose of the company is to operate a restaurant business as well as to trade in goods of all kinds. The company may also provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties, acquire, manage and sell licenses, patents and other intangible property rights, acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad, and conduct all business for its own account and for the account of third parties that fall within the scope of the aforementioned purpose or are suitable for promoting it directly or indirectly.