The purpose of the company is the production of and trade in yeast, baking aids and products for the food, feed and pharmaceutical industries. The company may participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and sell commercial properties and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and carry out all legal transactions that may be connected with the purpose of the company or that are suitable for promoting its development or that of group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether by way of loans or other financing, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements, and provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of any kind, whether for consideration or not. The company is part of a group of companies and may, in pursuing its corporate purpose, take into account the interests of the group or individual group companies.