The sale and trade of chemical and pharmaceutical products of all kinds abroad. The company is authorized to carry out all operations, functions and activities that serve the company's purpose and are directly or indirectly related to it. In particular, it is entitled to acquire, exploit and sell licenses and other rights. The company is also specifically authorized to establish and close branches in Switzerland and abroad, to participate in, hold and sell other companies of any kind, as well as to buy, hold, manage and sell real estate. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to group companies or third parties, including their direct or indirect shareholders and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide security of any kind for the liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.