This is a form of collateral assignment of a material agreement wherein a borrower (the assignor) grants to a lender (the assignee) a collateral security interest in a material contract used in the borrower's business as security for the obligations owing to the lender from the borrower under a credit facility.
Examples of collateral documents are a security agreement, guarantee and collateral agreement, pledge agreement, deposit account control agreement, securities account control agreement, mortgage, and UCC-1s.
A collateral contract is a contract to enter into an future contract. Part of the consideration for the collateral contract is the promise to enter into the second contract. This is similar to a conditional contract whereby the consideration for one party is conditioned on the other party doing something.