The purpose of the company includes the provision of services and the manufacture of products in the field of information and software technology as well as data protection, and includes the related activities, in particular software development, engineering, consulting, project management and trade in hardware and software. The company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire similar or related companies or merge with them, and enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate, intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds.