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The seller’s ledger in section 06 is an illustrative model with assumed inputs — the margin rate, cost of funds, utilisation and EFP basis are assumptions, not published figures — and is not a valuation, a forecast or a description of any actual transaction. The reserved and forward multiples in the ledger are read from a Compute Desk LinkedIn post and chart, and its forward estimate is theirs. Nothing here is investment, legal or tax advice, or a recommendation of any instrument, venue, administrator or clearing house. Research and education, not investment advice.