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A formal letter written to a lender, normally by a parent company, indicating a willingness by the parent to accept some responsibility to honour the borrowing obligations of, or to otherwise support, a subsidiary or associated company, but without necessarily constituting a legal obligation to do so.
A formal letter written to a lender, normally by a parent company, indicating a willingness by the parent to accept some responsibility to honour the borrowing obligations of, or to otherwise support, a subsidiary or associated company, but without necessarily constituting a legal obligation to do so.
== See also ==
* [[Letter of awareness]]
* [[Parent company]]




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[http://www.treasurers.org/lettersofcomfort A Practical Guide to Letters of Comfort, 25 September 2013]
[http://www.treasurers.org/lettersofcomfort A Practical Guide to Letters of Comfort, 25 September 2013]
== See also ==
* [[Letter of awareness]]
* [[Parent company]]

Revision as of 14:34, 1 October 2013

A formal letter written to a lender, normally by a parent company, indicating a willingness by the parent to accept some responsibility to honour the borrowing obligations of, or to otherwise support, a subsidiary or associated company, but without necessarily constituting a legal obligation to do so.


See also


ACT Website links

A Practical Guide to Letters of Comfort, 25 September 2013