The purpose of the company is trade, brokerage and financing as well as services in the automotive sector. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to group companies or third parties, including their direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, for its own account or for the account of third parties, and provide security of any kind for the 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. It may conclude cash pooling agreements with group companies.