The purpose of the company is to research, develop, manufacture, operate, maintain, including acquire, trade, distribute and provide services for technology-related goods of all kinds for the application of information technology in the economy, administration and social society. The company may also participate in group financing, in particular by granting loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or employees or other group companies, or by providing guarantees or other securities of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or employees or other group companies and are granted free of charge. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, as well as conduct all business that is directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad.