The purpose of the company is to assume the function of a European principal company and to manage the global and regional brands of Ecolab as well as the related business activities. This includes the procurement and trade, both domestically and internationally, of medical products as well as the pharmaceutical supervision of these products. The company may acquire, manage, and transfer patents, trademarks, and technical and industrial knowledge, acquire, manage, and dispose of real estate both domestically and internationally, and participate in other companies both domestically and internationally, establish branches both domestically and internationally, and found subsidiaries. The company may participate in group financings, particularly by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies or providing guarantees or other securities of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the sole interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge. The company may conduct all other transactions that directly or indirectly promote the aforementioned purposes.