The company's purpose is the manufacturing, trade, and distribution of all types of products in the fields of animal husbandry, animal feed, and animal care. The company also aims to organize all private or public events related to the promotion or representation of the aforementioned products. The company may also engage in any other activity directly or indirectly related to these purposes; it may, in particular, create branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire companies with identical or similar purposes, or merge with such companies, carry out all operations and conclude all contracts suitable for developing and extending its purpose or directly or indirectly related thereto. Furthermore, the company may grant loans and other financing to other companies, including direct or indirect parent or sister companies, and provide security for any obligations of these other companies, notably in the form of guarantees or bonds, as well as pledging or transferring ownership as security for the company's assets.