Rubber. The purpose or purposes for which the company is formed are as follows: (1). To manufacture, produce, purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, process, convert, reduce, refine, mortgage, pledge, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, and invest, trade and deal in, rubber and goods of which rubber is a component part, and any and all goods and articles of whatever nature, and the various materials entering into the manufacture of any and all such goods and articles, and to carry on a general manufacturing and mercantile business. (2). To search for, prospect and explore for, and bore, drill and mine for coal, oils, gas and all kinds of ores, metals and minerals, and to locate mining claims, grounds and lodes in, and to record the same pursuant to the mining laws of, the United States of America or any state or territory of this country or other countries and, except as limited by Section 8 of the Stock Corporation Law of the State of New York, to mill, process, convert, reduce, refine, transport and prepare for market or otherwise produce and deal in coal, oils, gas and all kinds of ores, metals and minerals and in the products or byproducts of those materials, or to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, mortgage, hypothecate and deal in the same and in mineral lands, timberlands, water and water rights and in interests and rights of all kinds in such properties, and to work, explore, operate and develop the same, and carry on the business of mining in all its branches. (3). To engage in agriculture, farming and forestry in all their branches, and in all activities in that connection, including the growing, producing, selling, merchandising, processing, manufacturing and preserving of all kinds of agricultural, farm, dairy, fruit, vegetable and forestry products. (4). To acquire, construct, operate and maintain television and radio broadcasting stations, networks, studios, and all facilities necessary or useful in connection therewith; to broadcast, disseminate, distribute, transmit, relay, produce, receive, record, transcribe, reproduce and collect entertainment, information, instruction, news, music dramatizations, operas, pictures, images, scenes, advertisements and other material, and to provide facilities to others for any or all of such purposes; to engage in research and experimental work, and in television, radio and facsimile broadcasting, as well as every other kind of communication, whether now known or hereafter discovered or developed; to engage in photography and related fields, to print, publish, acquire, distribute and dispose of programs, music, plays, pictures, magazines, books, pamphlets and other compositions and literature; to make, acquire, distribute and dispose of recordings and transcriptions, to conduct advertising campaigns and to carry on a general advertising business; to contract with and otherwise engage the services of writers, artists, performers, technicians and others. (5). To manufacture, produce, purchase, or otherwise acquire, hold, own, repair, alter, take on lease or in exchange, import, export, let on hire, sell or otherwise dispose of and deal in all kinds of articles and things which may be required for the purposes of any of its businesses, or commonly supplied or dealt in by persons engaged in any such businesses, or which may seem capable of being profitably dealt in connection with such activities. (6). As principal, agent, commission merchant, consignee or otherwise, to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, own, hold, take on lease or in exchange, mortgage, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of any and all real and personal property, rights, and privileges, and to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, own, hold, take on lease or in exchange, mortgage, lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of, erect, construct, make, alter, enlarge, improve, and aid or subscribe toward the construction, acquisition or improvement of any factories, shops, storehouses, buildings, establishments and other structures of every character, including all equipment, fixtures, machinery, implements and supplies.
(7). To acquire, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of shares of capital stock, bonds, evidences of indebtedness and other securities, obligations and rights, issued or created by corporations, domestic or foreign, associations, firms, syndicates, individuals, governments, states, municipalities or other political divisions or subdivisions or agencies, or issued or created by others, and to pay for them (in whole or in part) in cash or other property, or by the issue and delivery of the bonds or other obligations of the company, or by the issue and delivery of the capital stock, bonds or other obligations of any other corporation, or otherwise, and, while the owner of such securities, obligations, and rights, to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote on them. (8). To acquire from time to time, in exchange for the shares of the capital stock of the company, as the same may at any time now or in the future exist, such shares of the capital stock, bonds, evidences of indebtedness and other securities, obligations and rights of any other corporation or corporations, or other property, as the board of directors shall deem of advantage to the company, at such valuation as in the judgment of the board shall be fair and reasonable. (9). To purchase, retire, redeem, hold, re-issue and otherwise dispose of the shares of stock, bonds or other obligations of the company in such amounts and in such manner and upon such terms as the board of directors may deem expedient and to the extent that may be permitted by law, except as otherwise expressly provided in these Articles. (10). To acquire, purchase, hold, use, sell, assign, lease, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or turn to account letters patent of the United States, or of any foreign country, inventions patents, patent rights, licenses and privileges, improvements, trademarks and trade names, service marks, service names, or pending applications for such rights or interests, covering in whole or in part any and all articles manufactured or dealt in by the company, or relating to, or useful in connection with any business that may at any time be carried on by the company. (11). To make, accept, endorse, guarantee, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures and other obligations, from time to time, for the purchase of property or for any purpose in or about the business of the company to the extent permissible for a corporation formed under the Stock Corporation Law, and to secure the payment of any such obligation by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust or otherwise. (12). To acquire, purchase, hold, sell, dispose of, realize on and generally deal in promissory notes, evidences of indebtedness, installment paper, contracts, chattel mortgages and all kinds of choses in action, whether secured or unsecured, and to make advances and loan money with or without collateral or other security; all to such extent as is permitted for a corporation formed under the Stock Corporation Law. (13). To do any or all the things set forth in these Articles, and such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above purposes and objects, to the same extent as natural persons might or could do, and in any part of the world, to the extent that the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Stock Corporation Law, and to have all the powers and rights conferred by the laws of the state of New York upon corporations formed under the Stock Corporation Law. The above clauses in this Article shall be construed as powers as well as purposes, and the matters expressed in each such clause shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be in no respect limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other clause of this or any other Article of this certificate, but shall be regarded as independent purposes, objects and powers.