The purpose of the company is the trade of goods of all kinds, in particular with medicines, textiles, shoes and leather goods, as well as consulting, organization, and brokerage of construction projects. The company can establish or invest in branches, subsidiaries, and other legal entities in Switzerland and abroad, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company can acquire, encumber, sell, and manage real estate and other tangible or intangible assets. Furthermore, the company can provide direct or indirect financing (including as liquidity compensation/concentration of net liquidity (cash pooling)) to its direct or indirect subsidiaries, as well as to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide collateral of all kinds for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including its direct or indirect subsidiaries, as well as third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries), including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not. This also applies under preferential conditions without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and assuming cluster risks.