The purpose of the company is to engage in any kind of trade, including import, export, wholesale, retail, distribution and marketing of toys, educational articles and similar products, as well as to conduct and broker financial transactions within the LEGO group of companies. The company may acquire and exploit patents and licenses, participate in similar companies, establish branches and otherwise conduct all business that is connected with this purpose and the investment of its assets, including the acquisition of real estate. The company may grant loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other companies of the same group and provide security of any kind for their liabilities to third parties, including by pledging or assigning its own assets or providing guarantees of any kind, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other companies of the same group and are granted against compensation or free of charge.