Grumpy Old Man
Striker
but he is the one reducing his liquidity by giving it to her...in exchange fir a charge..so he is swopping a liquid thing (cash) for an illiquid thung (either a promise to pay or the proceeds if a court case) very illiquid things..
Not necessarily. With a vendor loan (and it is described as such in the charge) the shares to be acquired can be the subject of the loan, with the loan being repaid by the payment of the price over the loan term. Presumably done in the absence of other assets as security for the instalments (cf Short's charges over Sunderland and SAFC after the Madrox takeover).