1. The purchase, sale, importation and exportation of all products, machines, articles, substances, including in particular high-performance materials and associated articles intended for the markets of electronics, industry, chemistry, transportation, life sciences, energy and advanced materials, and primarily those manufactured or produced by its American parent company or by any company of its group; and the provision of consulting services; 2. The sale of these products primarily 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, directly or indirectly related to the above purposes; 5. The management of such participations; 6. The operation of laboratories for both pure research and applied research in all sectors of its activity; 7. The acquisition, management and disposal of real estate and participations, excluding residential properties and participations in companies holding residential properties; 8. The realization, on its own account, on behalf of the companies of its group or on behalf of third parties, of all financial, commercial and securities transactions, directly or indirectly related to its purpose or likely to promote it; 9. The granting of loans or the provision of all other services (including financial services) to its direct or indirect shareholders or to its sister or subsidiary companies, direct or indirect, as well as to third parties, including the conclusion of cash pooling agreements, and the provision of guarantees of any kind on its assets, including by means of pledges or fiduciary transfers or by means of guarantees of any kind, to secure the obligations of its direct or indirect shareholders, its sister or subsidiary companies, direct or indirect, or third parties, in each case with or without consideration and even if these transactions are in the exclusive interest of third parties.