The company's purpose is to manufacture materials and products for the dental profession as well as consumer goods, primarily in the field of oral and dental care products, including but not limited to materials and products with cosmetic or pharmaceutical status. The company may also participate in, found, acquire, and merge with other companies of any kind in Switzerland and abroad. It may acquire, encumber, and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, and establish branches and agencies in Switzerland or abroad by decision of the management. The company may engage in all commercial, financial, and other activities that are related to the company's purpose or that promote the companies of the Colgate-Palmolive Group, which are controlled directly or indirectly by Colgate-Palmolive Company in terms of capital and voting rights. The company may also grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent company and all other group companies, and provide security of any kind for liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.