The purpose of the company is the manufacture, purchase and sale of vitamins, chemical, pharmaceutical, hygienic and cosmetic products of all kinds, as well as the provision of related services, mainly in the European area. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies of any kind in Switzerland and abroad, take over 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 it. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. Excluded are transactions prohibited by the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad (BewG). The company is economically, organizationally and legally part of a group of companies (conglomerate) and may, in pursuing its corporate purpose, take into account the legitimate interests of the group. Within the framework of the statutory provisions, the company directs its activities towards the conglomerate and takes into account, in particular, internal group instructions. 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 any kind 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, to the exclusion of the company's profit motive and/or assuming lump-sum risks.