Finance Deals & Syndicated Lending · glossary

Reservation of rights

A lenders' letter that names a Default, waives nothing and keeps every right alive while talks go on. It stops their normal dealings, such as collecting interest, being read as a waiver. Chapter 10

Explained in Chapter 10, Events of Default, of Finance Deals & Syndicated Lending.

Also explained in Derivatives.

How it comes up, in Chapter 10
While talks go on, the lenders carry on as normal and keep collecting interest. Atlas could later argue that this conduct waived the Default. A short reservation of rights letter stops that argument.
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