The company's purpose is to develop software and provide services in the entire field of electronic data processing, as well as trade in software and hardware. Furthermore, the company aims to provide services in the areas of taxes, law, finance, and social security, offer training and further education services, and perform coordination, consulting, and management tasks for related parties and third parties. 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 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 provide security of any kind for their liabilities, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind, whether for consideration or not.