Unlike a payoff letter that terminates all security interests in connection with the repayment and satisfaction of obligations under a credit facility, this collateral release letter removes collateral support, but leaves a credit facility intact as an unsecured facility.
One of the main purposes of a collateral agreement is to reduce the credit risk of the parties involved in a financial transaction. Credit risk is the risk of loss due to the default or deterioration of the creditworthiness of a counterparty.
The basic idea of a collateral contract places a promise, that is contractually binding in a contract, “collateral” to the “main” contract. 5 A collateral contract is hence a secondary contract, its existence premised on the primary contract.
Collateral Letter means that certain letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, Holdings, each Person that was a Lender or an Issuer on the Closing Date and the Administrative Agent relating to certain Enforcement Actions with respect to the Collateral, as amended pursuant to Section ...