A contract is unprofitable for the purposes of s 568 of the Corporations Law if it imposes continuing financial obligations detrimental to creditors without sufficient reciprocal benefit, or if it cannot satisfactorily be carried out by a liquidator. The s 568B(3) comparison is limited to the immediate and direct consequences of the disclaimer, not speculative future advantages. A clause providing for automatic termination of a lease upon the lessee's liquidation renders the lease voidable, not void. Estoppel cannot supply missing essential terms of an agreement for lease between substantial commercial parties.
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