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(Amend to align with ACT Corporate Finance & Funding reading 4.3.1 p13 Documentation 1 April 2014. Categorise the page. Link with new Material adverse effect page.)
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A clause in a loan agreement.   
A clause in a loan agreement.   


Normally it is intended as a 'catch-all' clause and states that if there is a change in the circumstances of the lender that is both material and adverse, then this will constitute an event of default.   
Normally it is intended as a 'catch-all' clause and states that if ''in the opinion of the lender'' there is a change in the circumstances of the borrower that is both material and adverse, then this will constitute an event of default.   


Not surprisingly this is a contentious clause, depending on who defines 'material'.
Not surprisingly this is a contentious clause, depending on who defines 'material'.
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* [[Event of default]]
* [[Event of default]]
* [[Loan agreement]]
* [[Loan agreement]]
* [[Material adverse effect]]
[[Category:Bank_Lending]]
[[Category:Debt_Capital_Markets]]
[[Category:Legal_Documentation]]

Revision as of 17:15, 13 June 2014

(MAC).

A clause in a loan agreement.

Normally it is intended as a 'catch-all' clause and states that if in the opinion of the lender there is a change in the circumstances of the borrower that is both material and adverse, then this will constitute an event of default.

Not surprisingly this is a contentious clause, depending on who defines 'material'.


See also