The company's purpose is to research, develop, implement, distribute and maintain software products and applications of all kinds, as well as to provide consulting, integration, management and other services related to this purpose. The company may participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and carry out all legal transactions that may be necessary or suitable to promote the company's purpose or the development of group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, its direct or indirect shareholders, and companies in which such parties have a direct or indirect interest, whether through loans or other financing, and may provide security for their liabilities of any kind, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by guarantees of any kind, whether against payment or not.