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Covenant and rights register

Everything a capital provider can require, restrict or trigger, held in one place with the current headroom against each.

The deliverable

What it is

Loan agreements and investment documents each contain obligations, and they are usually read once, at signing. A decision can then be taken — a new facility, a disposal, a dividend — that one provider has the right to block or that breaches a test nobody was watching.

The register holds the obligations themselves. How and when capital providers are informed is a separate matter, handled under Reporting in Stakeholders.

One level in

What it is made of

Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.

  1. Covenants

    Financial and operating tests set by lenders, the level each requires, and how far the business is from breaching it.

    4 attributes: Condition · Headroom · Status · Next test

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  2. Investor rights

    Consent rights, vetoes, board seats and pre-emption held by investors, and the decisions each one reaches.

    3 attributes: Holder · Right type · Scope

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  3. Trigger events

    Events that allow a provider to demand repayment, convert, or change terms — a change of control, a default, a disposal.

    3 attributes: Trigger event · Consequence · Clause

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Use the agreement’s definitions when measuring headroom. Management-account figures can pass a test the agreement would fail.