The purpose of the company is the worldwide trade and marketing of raw materials and goods, including, without limitation, petrochemicals and derivatives, and the transportation, storage and packaging of these goods, on its own account, on behalf of third parties, on a commission basis and in connection with its branches abroad, whose activities it coordinates and manages. The company can establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company can rent, buy and sell ships, tank trucks, trucks, warehouses, packaging plants, properties and buildings of all kinds in Switzerland and abroad, as well as charter and sub-charter ships of all kinds. It can invest in production, processing and logistics; it can advise other companies in their fields of expertise. The company can carry out all commercial, financial and other activities that are related to the purpose of the company. The company can grant direct or indirect financing to third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans and/or other financing. The company can provide security of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including through pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind or through offset obligations, whether for consideration or not, even if such financing, security or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of third parties or companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties are directly or indirectly involved.