The company's purpose is to provide products and services to pets and their owners, as well as to market corresponding articles. Furthermore, the company may design, create, market, operate and distribute all types of products for animals and humans in general. It may exploit, acquire and sell copyrights, patents, licenses and trademarks. The company may rent, acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate and business assets in Switzerland and abroad, with the proviso that in Switzerland, the company may acquire buildings or participations in companies holding buildings, exclusively for commercial use. It may also carry out financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as contract guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties. It may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and take and manage participations in any other company and carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all commercial and financial transactions, directly or indirectly related to its corporate purpose.