The purchase, sale, and development of hardware and software printing systems for payment and commercial transaction systems intended for all commercial, industrial, professional, domestic, public and private sectors; systematic assistance and consulting, and research of new software and hardware solutions, including assistance in the creation, development, and maintenance of networks using new technologies that can be developed and created for the sector; the company may carry out market research, consulting, and assistance for the purchase of new technologies on the market, including licenses, patents, know-how, usage rights, companies or branches of companies, including support for the management and organization of various business sectors in the start-up, acquisition, sale or restructuring phases; the assumption and representation worldwide of representation contracts, agency mandates, and exclusives for the above-mentioned products and services. The company may acquire, directly or indirectly, interests and/or participations in other companies or enterprises, both in Switzerland and abroad, and may open branches, both in Switzerland and abroad. The company may acquire real estate in Switzerland and abroad. The company may perform all acts necessary or merely useful for the achievement of its corporate purpose.