The company's purpose is a. to market and provide services in the areas of IT development, e-business and consulting. b. to acquire, hold, manage and sell participations in companies in Switzerland and abroad. The company may establish branches, acquire, hold, sell and grant intellectual property rights and licenses of any kind, acquire or resell real estate, grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent or subsidiary companies for consideration or free of charge, and provide security of any kind for liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on the company's assets or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or by way of guarantees of any kind.