The company's purpose is to engage in international trade in goods of all kinds as well as to broker transactions of all kinds. The company may enter into any business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it. Furthermore, it may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in or merge with other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, sell, encumber and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad, and provide financing for its own account. The company may grant or receive direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries as well as to third parties, and provide or receive security of any kind for liabilities of such companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind.