Waterfall of payments—a comparative guide

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Practice notes

Waterfall of payments—a comparative guide

Published by a ÀÏ˾»úÎçÒ¹¸£Àû Restructuring & Insolvency expert

Practice notes
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Liquidation

The order of Distribution in liquidation, following the realisation of security by fixed charge secured creditors for their benefit, is as follows:

  1. •

    where liquidation occurs within 12 weeks of a moratorium, any moratorium debts and ‘priority pre-moratorium debts’ for which the company did not have a payment holiday during the moratorium but which were not paid

  2. •

    expenses properly incurred in the winding up (including the remuneration of the liquidator)

  3. •

    ordinary preferential debts

  4. •

    secondary preferential debts

  5. •

    the prescribed part for unsecured creditors (where not disapplied)

  6. •

    debts secured by floating charges

  7. •

    unsecured debts

  8. •

    statutory interest

  9. •

    postponed debts (ie non-provable liabilities)

  10. •

    return of any surplus to members (subject to adjustment between members)

For further information, see Practice Note: Waterfall of payments in liquidation.

Administration

The order of distribution of a company’s assets in administration (when the administrator has permission from the Court to distribute) is as follows:

  1. •

    debts secured by fixed charges

  2. •

    where administration occurs within 12 weeks of a moratorium, any moratorium debts

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Waterfall (of payments/recoveries) is an order in which liabilities of the debtor are paid out in insolvency or following default.

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