The company's purpose is to carry out, within the scope and limits provided for by the applicable regulations from time to time, research, development, design and provision of value-added services based on the enrichment, processing and analysis of data, as well as telecommunications services and systems for data collection. The company also pursues its corporate purpose by being able to remotely control movable and immovable assets; such control is exercised through data relating to the use of the same and their owners, subject to authorization. The company may acquire, hold and manage participations in commercial, financial and industrial enterprises with their registered office in Switzerland and abroad. The company may open branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad; represent third parties, carry out activities and conclude agreements aimed at promoting the company's purpose, or which are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may grant, directly or indirectly, credits and/or other forms of financing to third parties or companies in which it participates directly or indirectly, as well as to shareholders of companies in which they participate directly or indirectly, even within the framework of cash pooling agreements, with or without consideration. The company may also provide guarantees or collateral to secure its obligations or the obligations of the aforementioned entities, even by way of pledge, assignment, fiduciary transfer and guarantees of any kind, with or without consideration. Such financing and guarantees may also be granted if solely in the interest of third parties, or companies directly or indirectly participated by the company, as well as their direct or indirect shareholders, or companies in which they hold a direct or indirect participation. The company may acquire, manage and sell real estate in compliance with applicable laws.