Question for SBA Lenders - are facilitation fees paid by seller acceptable?

February 15, 2025
by a searcher from The University of Auckland - The University of Auckland Business School in Los Angeles, CA, USA
SBA lenders - where an independent third party or a minority shareholder (less than 20% in acquiring SPV) facilitates an acquisition involving SBA finance, is there any restriction on the seller paying a 'facilitation fee' to that third party of 5-10% of EV, or is there a specific rule against this in the current SOP? To be clear, the third party transaction facilitator is not an equity contributor to the transaction.
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