The company's purpose is to conduct research and development, breeding, production, refinement of plants of all kinds and their trade, as well as trade in goods of all kinds, in particular natural products. It is authorized to carry out all business and take all measures that promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies, acquire or merge with them, acquire, manage, sell, encumber, mortgage and lease real estate, securities and intangible assets, provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, and grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.