Trade in all types of goods, agricultural products, merchandise, finished or semi-finished products, directly or indirectly, notably through the purchase, management, and operation of all business assets; operation, chartering of ships, boats, or any related operations; study, creation, development, operation, management, administration, organization, financing, and control of all industrial, commercial, financial, agricultural, personal, or real estate businesses or enterprises; acquisition, operation, sale, and exchange of all real estate, excluding operations prohibited by the LFAIE, construction of all buildings, either for its own needs, for sale, or for lease; use of the company's available capital, and notably the purchase, subscription, or acquisition in any manner, issuance, sale, or negotiation of shares, stocks, and securities of all kinds; formation of all associations, companies, syndicates, or enterprises regardless of their objects, granting of all guarantees for the accomplishment of any enterprise, taking of all participations, direct or indirect contribution to the creation of any new company, merger of existing companies, partial or total transfers of assets, and this, under any modality; provision of lines of credit in favor of its subsidiaries, sister companies, and affiliated companies for commercial and/or asset acquisition operations, including notably the request for the issuance of guarantees, bonds, tender guarantees, performance guarantees, letters of credit, and payment guarantees under its full responsibility for the account of subsidiaries, sister companies, and affiliated companies (see statutes for complete purpose).