A facility agreement can be divided into four sections: LIBOR: the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is a daily benchmark rate based on the rates at which banks can borrow unsecured funds from other banks. It is generally defined for the purposes of a facility agreement by reference to a screen interest rate (usually the British Bankers Association interest rate for the currency and the period in question) or at the base rate of the reference bank, which represents the average interest rate at which the Bank can borrow funds on the London interbank market. If z.B. a jewelry store in December, if the turnover is down, has little money, the owner can request an investment worth 2 million U.S. dollars to a bank that will be repaid in full by July, when the transaction attracts. The jeweler uses the funds to continue operating and repays the loan in monthly installments until the agreed date. Availability: The borrower should check whether the facilities are available when the borrower needs them (for example. B to finance an acquisition). Lenders often start with the fact that they need two or three days in advance before the facilities can be used or used. This can often be reduced to one day or even, in some cases, to a certain period of time on the day of use.

The lender must have sufficient time to process the credit application and, if there are multiple lenders, it usually takes at least 24 hours. Any positive commitment that the lender`s facility will always prevail over the borrower`s other debts may be rejected, as this is not always under the borrower`s control. A negative agreement that the borrower does not take steps to influence the order of priority of the facility may be an acceptable alternative. There will also be delay provisions for breaches of the convention itself. They may grant time for remedial action on the part of a borrower and, in any event, apply only to substantial infringements or violations of the main provisions of the agreement. The provision for non-payment usually includes additional time to cover administrative or technical difficulties. Insolvency defaults should also provide reasonable time frames and include appropriate waivers for solvent restructurings, with the lender`s agreement. The existence of a union does not affect certain provisions of an ease agreement.