The financing, trading, purchasing, importing, exporting, processing, and storage, notably through the management of factories, warehouses, and depots, of agricultural raw materials, such as cashew nuts, soybeans, and shea nuts; the company may also provide all marketing services related to its materials; the company may also carry out, either on its own account or on behalf of third parties, all commercial, movable, and financial transactions, in direct or indirect relation to its purpose, in any form whatsoever, notably in the form of participations; the company may open branches in Switzerland and abroad, found or acquire any company pursuing an analogous or complementary purpose; the company may grant loans or any guarantees to its associates or to third parties.