The purpose of the company is to mediate national and international business transactions as well as to trade and distribute consumer goods, raw materials, and economic goods of all kinds on the markets in Switzerland and abroad in its own name or on behalf of third parties. Furthermore, the company aims to provide services in the field of marketing metals and metal concentrates of all kinds, in particular conducting research, consulting, and management with regard to the marketing of various metals and metal concentrates. In addition, the company aims to transport goods of all kinds by sea, land, or air in its own name or on behalf of third parties. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies, acquire, manage, and sell intellectual property rights such as patents and licenses, assume representations, and engage in any business activity and conclude contracts of any kind that may promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber, and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, except for transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). The company is part of a group and may consider the interests of the group in pursuing its purpose. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including within the framework of cash-pooling agreements (including zero balancing), and provide collateral of all kinds for the obligations of these parties, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. This also applies without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's profit motive, and/or assuming cluster risks.