The company's purpose is to sell software in the field of metal forming technology and to provide engineering, training and consulting services for the metal forming industry. The company may also participate in, found, acquire and merge with other companies of any kind in Switzerland and abroad. It may acquire, encumber and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, and may establish branches and agencies in Switzerland or abroad by decision of the management. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, as well as direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest, whether through loans or other financing, and may provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of any kind, whether for consideration or not, even if such financing or security is in the exclusive interest of companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest or of direct or indirect shareholders or companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest. The company may also conclude cash pooling agreements with other group companies.