The company's purpose is to develop software and provide IT services of all kinds. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as 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. Furthermore, it may provide direct or indirect financing to its direct or indirect subsidiaries, as well as to third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders or partners and their direct or indirect subsidiaries, and provide collateral of all kinds for its own liabilities and those of other companies (including its direct or indirect subsidiaries, as well as third parties, including its direct or indirect shareholders or partners and their direct or indirect subsidiaries), including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether remunerated or not. Additionally, it may engage in cash pooling with the aforementioned companies or join such an arrangement, including periodic account balancing (zero balancing), even under preferential conditions without interest, excluding the company's profit motive and assuming cluster risks.