The company's purpose is the trade, manufacture, and distribution of surgical products and medical devices. The company may also engage in any other activity directly or indirectly related to its purpose. It may, in particular, establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies or corporations in Switzerland and abroad that have a direct or indirect connection to its purpose, acquire companies with an identical or similar purpose or merge with such companies, and carry out all operations and conclude all contracts that are suitable for developing and expanding its purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it. Furthermore, the company may engage in any financial, commercial, or industrial activity, whether movable or immovable (provided that if the immovable properties are located in Switzerland, they may only have a purely commercial use), that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose; participate in all companies that have a direct or indirect connection to its purpose, provided that if the immovable properties held through participations are located in Switzerland, they may only have a purely commercial use; grant loans or guarantees to shareholders or third parties if it serves its interests, grant loans or any other form of financing to affiliated companies, and provide collateral of any kind for the direct or indirect benefit of affiliated companies (or third parties), in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets.