Trading in furniture, fixtures and fittings of all kinds, as well as carrying out all legal transactions directly or indirectly related thereto; may participate in, establish, acquire and merge with other companies, acquire, hold, manage, encumber and dispose of real estate and intellectual property rights, establish subsidiaries, branches and agencies, enter into all transactions and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company, the IKEA Group or companies that are directly or indirectly controlled by the IKEA Group in terms of capital and voting rights, or that are directly or indirectly related thereto, conduct financing transactions and provide security for obligations of its shareholders and affiliated companies of the IKEA Group, in particular in the form of guarantees, pledges, global assignments and security transfers.