1. General provisions

§1

1. The company shall trade as „RHI AG“. 
2. The registered offices of the company shall be in Vienna.
3. The company shall be of unlimited duration.

§2

The company has been converted from a Gesellschaft m.b.H. (limited liability company) into a Aktiengesellschaft (public limited company).

§3

1. The object of the company shall be to:
   a) acquire and invest in other enterprises and companies, especially industrial companies, with the exception of banking firms;
   b) manage and represent the enterprises and companies referred to in sub-
   paragraph (a);
   c) assume administrative and managerial duties and advise other enterprises and companies (organization, data processing, insurance etc.);
   d) operate a shipping agency;
   e) operate a travel agency;
   f) trade in all manner of goods.
2. The company shall be entitled to effect all manner of transactions which are needed or which are advisable in order to achieve the object of the company or which are connected to it.  In particular, the company shall be entitled, inter alia, to:
   a) acquire and own land, plant, machinery and equipment;
   b) open branches and subsidiaries at home and abroad;
   c) acquire and dispose of patents and acquire and grant licences;
   d) apply know-how from research, production and application techniques

both at home and abroad.

§4

Announcements shall be made in the „Wiener Zeitung”.