1) the purchase, sale, importation and exportation of all products, machines, articles, substances, including in particular (a) high-performance materials and fibers and related articles, concerning in particular personal protective equipment and (b) high-performance polymers and other materials concerning, in particular, the automotive, packaging and advanced materials industries, and primarily those manufactured or produced by DuPont de Nemours Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA or by any companies of its group; and the provision of consulting services mainly in the fields of safety and operational excellence; 2) the sale of such products and services mainly to customers domiciled abroad; 3) the purchase, use, sale or exchange of patents, manufacturing processes and trademarks, the granting or use of related licenses; 4) participation, in any form, in commercial, financial or industrial enterprises, in direct or indirect relation to the above-mentioned purposes; 5) the administration of such participations; 6) the operation of laboratories for both pure and applied research in all sectors of its activity; 7) in general, all commercial, movable or immovable transactions related to properties with exclusively commercial use, and all financial, industrial or technical operations in correlation with the activities of the company or the companies of its group; 8) The company may also carry out, on its own account, on behalf of the companies of its group or on behalf of third parties, all financial, commercial and movable operations, directly or indirectly related to its purpose or likely to promote it. The company may also grant loans or provide any other services (including financial services) to its direct or indirect shareholders or to its sister companies or direct or indirect subsidiaries, including concluding cash pooling agreements, and provide guarantees of any kind on its assets, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers or by way of guarantees of any kind, to secure the obligations of its direct or indirect shareholders or of its sister companies or direct or indirect subsidiaries, in each case with or without consideration and even if these operations are in the exclusive interest of third parties.