to provide services, including, without limitation, acting as a broker on behalf of companies active in the field of energy trading, in particular ensuring liaison with potential buyers, sellers and independent brokers in crude oil and all other related products such as petroleum derivatives, LPG and natural gas, as well as chemicals, sugar and other agricultural products, coal and carbon emission certificates; to collect and provide information on trade and markets; to act as an intermediary in transactions with the aforementioned partners and to provide administrative services in connection with transactions concluded between the aforementioned partners, in particular preparing confirmation contracts as well as all related activities; the company may conduct its activities worldwide, for its own account or in association with third parties; the company may carry out all financial, commercial and industrial operations, in Switzerland and abroad, directly or indirectly related to its purpose; however, the company will not acquire any real estate in Switzerland, except, if necessary, real estate for exclusively commercial use; the company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and acquire participations in other companies in Switzerland or abroad; the company may also participate in the financing, in particular by providing loans, guarantees and securities of any kind, to other entities of the group to which the company belongs, in the interest of said group.