Covenant
From ACT Wiki
1.
A formal legal agreement to take, or not to take, certain actions.
2.
In loan documentation, a promise given by the borrower to take, or not to take, specified actions relevant to the borrower's creditworthiness.[1] For example, a financial covenant to maintain a minimum ratio of net worth to debt.
3.
In relation to pension funds, the credit strength of the sponsoring employer and its commitment to the pension fund.
See also
- Accounting exposure
- Asset cover
- Breach of covenant
- Compliance
- Contingent covenant
- Covenant trigger
- Covenant-lite
- Credit risk
- Event of default
- Financial covenant
- Generally accepted accounting principles
- Incurrence covenant
- Interest cover
- Loan agreement
- Maintenance covenant
- MCT
- Net worth
- Non-financial covenant
- Restrictive covenant
- Trigger event
- Waiver
References
Treasury Essentials: Covenants, The Treasurer, March 2013
