The company's purpose is to provide management, consulting and service services for veterinary practices and third-party customers, to provide services in the areas of marketing and technology, to distribute feed and to trade in goods of all kinds. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire similar or related companies or merge with them, enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or that are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties.