The company's purpose is to trade in consumer goods and food, to purchase and sell, import and export products and goods of all kinds, and to undertake agency, commission and brokerage assignments for products, goods and objects of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may, subject to compliance with the statutory provisions, acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.