The company's purpose is to provide corporate and management consulting, procurement, evaluation, enrichment and trading of data, and to provide data services of all kinds, the distribution of related products and services, as well as the manufacture, import and trade of food and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and acquire, manage, use and transfer licenses, patents and other intellectual property rights, and conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, as well as provide guarantees and sureties for affiliated companies and third parties.