The purpose of the company is the manufacture, purchase and sale of enzymes for use in animal feed and other biological products of all kinds, as well as the provision of related services. 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 be beneficial to the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company may acquire, hold, manage, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad. Excluded are transactions that are 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 consider the legitimate interests of the group when pursuing its corporate purpose. Within the framework of the statutory provisions, the company directs its activities towards the conglomerate and takes into account, in particular, also intra-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 liabilities of these parties, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. This also without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and/or assuming lump risks.