The objects of the Company are to establish, participate in, administer and finance legal entities, companies and other legal forms for the purpose of the development (including research) and manufacture of, and trading in, electrical and electronic products and the exploitation of technical and other expertise (including software), in particular products and expertise relating to light sources, luminaires, lighting electronics and controls to application-specific lighting systems and services and its natural successors, or for the purpose of other activities, and to do everything pertaining to or connected with the above, including providing security in any way and binding the Company for commitments of third parties, including companies which belong to its group, all this in the widest sense, as may also be conducive to the proper continuity of the collectivity of business undertakings, in the Netherlands and abroad, which are carried on by the Company and the companies(..)