Definition for : Break costs or Break-up fees

The "break costs" or "break-up fees" are the amounts which may be contractually due by a party to one or several other perty(-ies), after it has decided to terminate a contract already signed, or - in some cases - after it has decided to abort some negotiations.

(See Chapter 43 Corporate governance of the Vernimmen)

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