The company's purpose is to provide advice of all kinds in the field of statistics. In general, the company may establish branches in Switzerland and abroad, take participations in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, acquire similar or related companies or merge with such companies, and conclude all transactions and contracts that promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. It may acquire, manage, encumber and sell real estate within the limits of the Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Foreigners (LFAIE), copyrights, patents and licenses of all kinds.