The company's purpose is the trade and maintenance or repair of movable and immovable property, the sale, purchase, construction, import and export of goods, as well as the provision of services in the fields of trade, construction and import-export. It may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or related thereto directly or indirectly, including the acquisition and sale of real estate. The company may grant loans to its members.