Research and development, marketing, distribution and sale of coffee-based products; the company may acquire and manage participations in any other company (in the case of companies holding real estate in Switzerland, these must have an exclusively commercial use); the company may also carry out all activities, acquire or create similar or similar companies, create subsidiaries and branches, undertake all operations, including commercial, financial and real estate operations in Switzerland or abroad (in the case of properties located in Switzerland, these must have an exclusively commercial use), either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, directly or indirectly related to its purpose or likely to promote its realization; the company may grant loans or any other form of financing to companies of the same group, as well as grant any type of security, for the direct or indirect benefit of companies of the same group or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities on the company's assets.