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Re: Will Kjeld sell? was[Re: LEGO Company announces poor performance in year 2000]
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Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:08:37 GMT
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Anyone here have current news on this:

Not as such. But there does not appear to be any plans
to change the Danish inheritance taxes at the moment.

Kjeld & Co. have on the other hand received something
like a 30% cut in corporate taxes during the last
years.

And I really can not see why the Danish authorities
should want the LEGO group to stay owned by the same
family forever.

I believe the threat here is that potential buyers would eventually move
operations (and their tax dollars) out of Denmark while the family wouldn't.

Will

Bricksburg Fire and Rescue: www.crosswinds.net/~hokie
Bricksburg Depot: http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?p=willhess



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(...) Least we forget that TLC just moved some of the manufacturing operations to another European country (Slovakia or the Czech Republic ?). This was mentioned about the same time as the announcement of the changes at Enfield, CT. The reason cited (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Will Kjeld sell? was[Re: LEGO Company announces poor performance in year 2000]
 
Suzanne: (...) Not as such. But there does not appear to be any plans to change the Danish inheritance taxes at the moment. Kjeld & Co. have on the other hand received something like a 30% cut in corporate taxes during the last years. And I really (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)

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