The company's purpose is to market, purchase, sell and organize the distribution of tea products as well as other food and beverage products, to advise on the sale and use of tea products and other food and beverage products, and to exploit brands, patents and know-how. The company may acquire, hold, manage and sell participations in companies of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad. The company may also conclude all transactions and enter into agreements that serve the company's purpose directly or indirectly or are directly related thereto. The company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent company as well as to their or its direct or indirect subsidiaries and provide securities of all kinds for liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and acquire, hold, manage and sell real estate.