The company's purpose is to manufacture, develop and distribute products as well as provide services in the field of information technology. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, manage, encumber and sell participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, manage, encumber and sell intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds, acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate in Switzerland and abroad, provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, grant guarantees and sureties for subsidiaries and third parties, grant loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other companies within the group and provide security for their liabilities to third parties, including by pledging or assigning its own assets or providing guarantees of any kind or granting other financial benefits, even if these loans, securities or benefits are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge.