Defeasance Option Clause Samples
A Defeasance Option is a contractual provision that allows a borrower to release a property from a mortgage lien by substituting other collateral, typically government securities, that will generate enough income to cover the remaining loan payments. In practice, the borrower purchases and pledges these securities to the lender, ensuring the lender continues to receive scheduled payments even though the original property is no longer encumbered. This clause is commonly used in commercial real estate loans to facilitate property sales or refinancing while maintaining the lender’s expected cash flow, effectively solving the problem of prepayment restrictions or penalties.
Defeasance Option. This Note, and the Obligations outstanding ----------------- hereunder, may not be prepaid in whole or in part. However, notwithstanding the foregoing:
I. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time during the Defeasance Period, Borrower may cause the release of the Collateral and the Properties from the lien of the Loan Documents upon the satisfaction of the following conditions (such release of the lien and satisfaction of such conditions referred to herein as the "Defeasance Option"):
(i) not less than thirty (30) days and not more than sixty (60) days prior written notice shall be given to CSFC specifying a Payment Date on which the Defeasance Collateral (as hereinafter defined) is to be delivered (such Payment Date, the "Release Date");
(ii) all accrued and unpaid interest and all other sums then due under this Note and under the other Loan Documents up to the Release Date, including, without limitation, all costs and expenses incurred by CSFC or its agents in connection with such release (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses incurred by attorneys and accountants in connection with the review of the proposed Defeasance Collateral and the preparation of the Defeasance Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined) and related documentation and any revenue, documentary stamp or intangible taxes or any other tax or charge due in connection with the transfer of the Note or otherwise required to accomplish the agreements of this Section 4(I), and all fees, costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred by Lender in the purchase of such U.S. Obligations and the assumption payments referred to herein), shall be paid in full on or prior to the Release Date; and
(iii) Borrower shall deliver to CSFC on or prior to the Release Date:
(A) an amount (in immediately available funds) equal to the remaining principal amount of this Note and the Yield Maintenance Premium (hereinafter defined), if any, sufficient to purchase direct, non-callable obligations of the United States of America (the "Defeasance Collateral") that provide for payments prior, but as close as possible, to all successive monthly Payment Dates occurring after the Release Date through the Maturity Date (and assuming the Loan is paid in full on the Maturity Date), with each such payment being equal to or greater than the amount of the corresponding installment of principal and interest required to be paid under this Note (the "Defeasance Deposit"). The De...
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