The company's purpose is to promote and coordinate the activities of the various subsidiaries, branches, agencies and representations of FMC Technologies, Inc. worldwide. The company also aims to provide necessary technical assistance and other services to customers. It can manufacture the group's products itself and promote the manufacture of these products. It also aims to acquire and grant production and sales licenses for such products. Furthermore, it aims to purchase and sell, register and exploit patents, patent rights and trademark rights, as well as acquire and grant licenses under such rights. The company can participate in other companies and establish subsidiaries, and carry out all commercial, industrial and financial transactions related to the aforementioned corporate activities. The company can also acquire, manage, mortgage and sell real estate. It can also engage in the purchase and sale of gold bars, silver, other precious metals and all goods traded on commodity exchanges, on its own account, on sight and on term. The company can provide direct or indirect financing to companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, as well as to direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such companies are directly or indirectly involved, whether through loans and/or other financing. The company can provide collateral of any kind for its own liabilities or the liabilities of the aforementioned persons, including through pledges, assignments, fiduciary transfers, guarantees of any kind or through offset obligations, whether for consideration or not, even if such financing, collateral or guarantees are in the exclusive interest of companies in which it is directly or indirectly involved, or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such companies are directly or indirectly involved.