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Leakage

On a sale, value passing from the company to its seller before completion, such as a dividend or a management charge. The sale agreement forbids it, except for named Permitted Leakage. The Uplift is not Leakage, because no group company pays it. Chapter 15

Explained in Chapter 15, The Exchange, the Reorganisation and the Handover, of Venture Deals.

How it comes up, in Chapter 15
Leakage is the sale agreement's word for value that passes from the company to its seller before completion. Examples are a dividend or a management charge. The agreement forbids it, and it lists the exceptions the buyer accepts as Permitted Leakage.
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