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Capital and financing




               Advantages and disadvantages of floating charges

               Advantages – for the company                   Disadvantages for the chargee

                    The company can deal freely with              The value of the security is
                     the assets.                                    uncertain until it crystallises.

                    A wider class of assets can be                It has a lower priority than a fixed
                                                                    charge.
                     charged.
                                                                   A liquidator can ignore it if it was
                                                                    created within 12 months of winding

                                                                    up.



























































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