Purpose of the company: Consulting services in the broadest sense in the field of IT, with a focus on software development, system planning, consulting and integration, as well as the purchase and sale of IT hardware and software. The company may participate in other companies, acquire, exploit, manage and sell real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries and branches in Switzerland and abroad, and perform all legal acts that may be necessary or useful for the purpose of the company or for the development of the company or its group companies. The company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest, or to its direct or indirect subsidiaries, or to companies in which such subsidiaries have a direct or indirect interest, whether by way of loans or other financing, and may provide security of any kind for their obligations, including by way of pledges or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets, or by way of guarantees of any kind, whether for consideration or not.