Manufacture of products and provision of services in the fields of chemistry, pharmaceutical industry and other related industries, as well as trade in goods of this type; it may perform any act and exercise any activity that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose; it may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and may hold participations in other companies; it may acquire, hold, encumber limited real rights, administer and alienate real estate in Switzerland (for exclusively commercial use only) and abroad; it may grant loans or any other form of financing to affiliated companies or third parties, as well as provide any kind of security, for the direct or indirect benefit of affiliated companies or third parties.