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How to transfer existing leasing agreements in event of an administartion

Business Finance, financing, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, London.

Love or hate them pe organised administrations or prepacks are an inevitable part of the economy today. In theory they sound great. Dump the old company together with all the old debt ( mainly crown arrears) , buy the business back off the administrator and start a fresh with a new meaner and leaner phoenix company. It has been well documented that obtaining  cash flow finance such as factoring or invoice discounting can be relatively straight forward however it may not be so simple in transferring existing hie purchase and leasing facilities from the old co into the new co.

How easy or difficult this may be depends upon the finance company involved and whether it is a finance lease or hire purchase facility. In the event of an administration if the equipment in question is on a hire purchase facility than the administrator has the right to any equity in the agreement and may take this into consideration when negotiating a purchase price for the business. If the agreement is subject to a finance lease then control of the agreement rests with the finance company. In theory the finance company can terminate the agreement, repossess the kit and sell the equipment and pocket any profit. Thankfully this doesn’t happen very often but none the less it is something that could happen.

It would therefore seem allot simpler if the agreements could be transferred or novated into the new co. Unfortunately many of the high street finance companies will not simply transfer the agreement into the new co. They have a policy of not supporting phoenix companies. There are one or two that do but they underwrite the new co as if it were a new deal so there is no guarantee. If they don’t like what they see they will provide a settlement figure and give the  business the opportunity to finance the kit elsewhere. Some of the specialist funders do not have an issue in transferring the agreement into a new co. Beware some will transfer the agreement like for like whereas others will charge full outstanding rentals and then roll this into a new co.

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