However, we are in a better place, with a unique hybrid business structure with LTTL profits reverting to the charities to provide a revenue stream.

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Effectively the VIE structure means that equity holders have a somewhat indirect financial interest in the revenue and earnings stream and do not actually have a claim on the assets of the company in question.

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