The company's purpose is to manage all activities related to the procurement of products and materials by Advanced Instruments, LLC for the purpose of marketing, distributing, and selling diagnostic products (laboratory equipment and accessory components) for the bio-pharma industry and the clinical sector, as well as managing all activities related to the marketing, distribution, and sale of products. The company may conduct all business that is suitable to promote the company's purpose. In particular, it is authorized to establish, acquire, or participate in companies in Switzerland and abroad, and to take over their management. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad. Furthermore, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries, as well as to third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and companies held directly or indirectly by the shareholders, and may provide security for their liabilities of any kind, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not.