The company's purpose is to develop, broker, trade, purchase, sell and manage goods of all kinds and services in the field of automatic data processing and information technology, in particular programs and application software of all kinds, any consulting services, as well as all businesses of all kinds that are directly or indirectly related to the company's purpose. The company can acquire rights and patents of all kinds, make the infrastructure created or maintained by it available to third parties, promote, support or organize events of any kind that are related to its purpose, 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 can acquire, encumber, sell and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It can also provide financing for its own account or for the account of third parties, and provide security for affiliated companies and third parties. The company can grant loans or other financing of all kinds to its direct or indirect shareholders, its direct or indirect parent companies, and their or its direct or indirect subsidiaries, participate in them, and provide security for the liabilities of such other companies, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, global assignments, security transfers, security assignments, and indemnification agreements, whether remunerated or not. For this purpose, the company may also act exclusively in the interest of its direct or indirect shareholders, the group or individual group companies.