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§ Fees

Fees.

Closing-contingent. Symmetric. Disclosed up front.

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Operator IBEX SERVICES Ltd · CHE-114.803.997
Platform www.smemarket.ch
Governing law Swiss law · Art. 412–418 CO
Fee schedule Fees · Version 1 · April 2026
00 · At a glance
Registration, browsing, and basic listing are free.

The Operator is paid only on closing. The success fee is 2.50% of Total Transaction Value per side, with a floor minimum of CHF 5,000 per side. A Fiduciary referral commission of 1.25% may apply where an advisor introduced the Seller.

01 · No upfront fees
Free to register, list, and browse.

Registration on the Platform is free of charge. Browsing the public marketplace is free. Listing a Target Company is free. The Operator does not charge subscription fees, listing fees, document-upload fees, or platform-access fees.

The Operator's remuneration is exclusively success-based and accrues only when a Transaction enabled by the Platform is concluded.

02 · The success fee
2.50% of Total Transaction Value, per side.

Upon closing of a Completed Transaction, a success fee of 2.50% of Total Transaction Value is owed by each side to the Operator:

The Operator acts in the dual capacity expressly permitted by Article 418a of the Swiss Code of Obligations, disclosed at registration and reflected in both Intermediation Agreements.

The success fee is due within fifteen (15) calendar days of the earlier of: (i) signing of the definitive Transaction agreement; or (ii) the Operator's written notification of the Completed Transaction.

03 · Floor minimum
CHF 5,000 per side per Transaction.

A floor minimum of CHF 5,000 per side per Transaction applies, irrespective of Total Transaction Value and irrespective of any restructuring of the deal economics. The floor is not waivable by Transaction restructuring.

Above CHF 200,000 of Total Transaction Value, the 2.50% calculation produces a fee equal to or above the floor; below that threshold, the floor applies in absolute terms.

04 · Fiduciary referral commission
1.25% of TTV, paid by the Operator, not the client.

Where a Fiduciary (Treuhand office, family office, asset manager, lawyer, or other professional advisor) refers an Underlying Client to the Platform, the Operator pays the Fiduciary a referral commission of 1.25% of Total Transaction Value out of its own 2.50% seller-side success fee.

The referral commission is paid by the Operator, not by the Seller or the Underlying Client. The Underlying Client does not bear an additional fee.

Payment is subject to: (i) full prior receipt by the Operator of the 2.50% success fee; (ii) written disclosure of the referral commission by the Fiduciary to the Underlying Client under Article 400 of the Swiss Code of Obligations; and (iii) written acknowledgement by the Underlying Client of that disclosure.

05 · TTV calculation
How Total Transaction Value is calculated.

Total Transaction Value (TTV) is calculated on a 100% basis and includes all consideration flowing in respect of the Transaction:

  • · Cash paid at closing.
  • · Deferred and contingent payments, earn-outs valued at maximum contractual value.
  • · Assumed indebtedness (financial debt, not ordinary trade payables).
  • · Fair market value of non-cash consideration (shares, in-kind contributions, vendor notes).
  • · Management retention, non-compete, and consulting payments forming part of the deal economics.

TTV is calculated on a 100% basis irrespective of the percentage of shares or assets actually transferred, a standard market construction protecting both sides of the transaction from fee-arbitrage through partial transfers.

06 · VAT and invoicing
All fees stated exclusive of Swiss VAT.

All fees on this page are stated exclusive of Swiss value-added tax (MWST / TVA / IVA). VAT-compliant invoices are issued by the Operator upon the success-fee trigger. The applicable VAT rate is determined by Swiss law at the date of invoice.

Invoices are issued to the address declared at registration and are payable by direct bank transfer to the Operator's account at the institution designated in the relevant Intermediation Agreement.

07 · Default interest and tail period
Late payment and the 24-month tail.

Late-payment interest accrues automatically at 5% per annum from the due date, without prejudice to further damages.

A tail period of 24 months applies following termination of any Intermediation Agreement. Any Transaction concluded between parties introduced through the Platform during the tail period remains subject to the full success fee, irrespective of whether the deal structure matches the original mandate.

Anti-circumvention obligations are set out in the General Terms and Conditions § 7 and in the relevant Intermediation Agreement.

08 · Non-custodial
We never hold transaction values.

The Platform is non-custodial by construction. The Operator never holds shares, assets, funds, or other values on behalf of any party. Transaction capital settles directly between the parties' banking institutions. The only sums the Operator ever receives are its own invoiced fees, post-closing.

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§ See also
  • · General Terms and Conditions § 6 (Fees) and § 7 (Anti-circumvention)
  • · Buyer Intermediation Agreement
  • · Direct Seller Intermediation Agreement
  • · Fiduciary Intermediation Agreement