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It is common for the parties to a facility agreement to want to amend its terms, often a number of times, during the life of the facilities. They may, for example, wish to extend the repayment date or increase amounts available to allow the borrower to fund another project or purchase. The lender may use an increase to the facilities to make other changes to the documentation such as an increase to the interest rate or additional undertakings. Such changes may be documented by an amendment letter, an amendment and restatement agreement or sometimes by the issuance of a new facility letter or agreement aimed at replacing the previous one. For information on how to amend a facility agreement, see Practice Note: Amending a facility agreement.

Where the lender is to have the benefit of guarantees or third party security (which is effectively a guarantee backed by security and so this Practice Note applies to third-party security as well as guarantees), it will want to ensure that it continues to have the benefit of its guarantees