The purpose of the company is: Providing professional services for regulatory compliance, product or process quality, operational performance or system reliability; the company may acquire, operate, manage and sell intellectual property rights, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad; it may engage in all operations that directly or indirectly fall within the scope of its activities; in addition, the company may grant or receive directly or indirectly loans or any other form of financing to companies of the same group, as well as provide guarantees of any kind, for the direct or indirect benefit of companies of the same group, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges or securities of all kinds, whether in the interest of shareholders or other group companies or whether gratuitously.