In Switzerland and abroad, the purchase, sale, trade, commerce, exchange, supply, management, transport, storage, distribution or disposal in any manner, whether as principal or as an intermediary, of goods including, but not limited to, crude oil, petroleum products, coal, gas, natural gas, renewable energies, alternative energies, electricity, emissions and energy, all other petrochemical products or raw materials, cereals and other agricultural products, salt, as well as the chartering of commercial ships or other means of transport and the exercise of all activities and services related thereto, including administrative, financial, technical, economic or management and advisory services in relation with these activities; the company may further, in Switzerland or abroad, create subsidiaries and branches, take participations in, and, more generally, participate in, all enterprises and entities having a direct or indirect relation with its purpose, acquire, sell, manage, operate any movable property, including patents, trademarks, licenses, permits and other intellectual property rights, carry out, either for its own account or for the account of third parties, all operations directly or indirectly related to its purpose or likely to promote it, in particular, when the law permits, acquire, manage, operate and sell real estate, grant loans or any other form of financing to shareholders, companies of the same group or third parties, as well as provide securities of all kinds, for the direct or indirect benefit of shareholders, companies of the same group or third parties, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities over the assets of the company, proceed to borrowings, fundraisings, including the issuance of bonds or other securities, as well as the conclusion of any contract related thereto, and trade and invest in currencies, securities, derivatives and any other asset in general.