The company's purpose is to carry out all commercial operations for its own account and for the account of third parties, in particular international trade in raw materials, including but not limited to agricultural and food products, services to other group companies including all related financial transactions. The company may acquire participations in any companies or financial, commercial, industrial or real estate enterprises, Swiss or foreign, in any form whatsoever, except for operations prohibited by the LFAIE. The company may create subsidiaries and branches. The company may acquire, hold, encumber and dispose of real estate (in Switzerland exclusively commercial real estate) and intellectual property rights. The company may carry out all commercial, financial or other operations that are directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose. The company may provide direct or indirect financing, whether in the form of loans and/or other forms of financing, including in the context of cash pooling operations, against remuneration or not, to third parties or to companies in which it holds direct or indirect participations, as well as to its direct or indirect shareholders and to companies in which they hold direct or indirect participations. The company may also provide all kinds of securities or guarantees to secure its obligations or the obligations of each of the aforementioned persons, including in the form of pledges, assignments or transfers as security, guarantees of any kind or indemnification commitments, against remuneration or not. The company may provide such financing, securities or guarantees even if it is in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it holds direct or indirect participations, or in the interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which they hold direct or indirect participations.