Covenant-Lite Loan definition

Covenant-Lite Loan means a Bank Loan that does not require the borrower thereunder to comply with any financial covenants (including without limitation any covenant relating to a borrowing base, asset valuation or similar asset-based requirement) (regardless of whether compliance with one or more incurrence covenants is otherwise required by such Bank Loan).
Covenant-Lite Loan means a Loan lacking traditional financial covenants requiring minimum interest or other debt service coverage or specifying maximum levels of leverage or other similar “maintenance” tests.
Covenant-Lite Loan means a Bank Loan that does not contain at least one financial maintenance covenant that is either (a) a total debt to EBITDA ratio of no more than 5.5 to 1.0 or (b) a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.0 to 1.0.

Examples of Covenant-Lite Loan in a sentence

  • Company and (ii) a Bank Loan that is not a First Lien Bank Loan, a Second Lien Bank Loan, a Covenant-Lite Loan, a High Yield Security or a Last Out Loan.


More Definitions of Covenant-Lite Loan

Covenant-Lite Loan means a Bank Loan that does not contain at least one financial maintenance covenant that is either (a) a total debt to EBITDA ratio of no more than 5.5 to 1.0, (b) a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.0 to 1.0 or (c) an interest coverage ratio of greater than 1.50 to 1.00.
Covenant-Lite Loan means a Collateral Obligation the Related Documents for which do not (i) contain any financial covenants or (ii) require the borrower thereunder to comply with any Maintenance Covenant.
Covenant-Lite Loan means a Collateral Asset with respect to which the related Obligor is not subject to financial covenants; provided that a Collateral Asset shall not constitute a Covenant Lite Loan if (a) the Related Documents require the obligor thereunder to comply with one or more Maintenance Covenants (regardless of whether compliance with one or more Incurrence Covenants is otherwise required by the Related Documents), (b) the Related Documents contain a cross default provision to, or such Collateral Asset is pari passu with, another loan of the Obligor that requires the Obligor to comply with one or more financial covenants or Maintenance Covenants or (c) such Collateral Asset is a Broadly Syndicated Loan.
Covenant-Lite Loan has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.13.
Covenant-Lite Loan means a Collateral Loan that does not require the Obligor to comply with at least one of the following financial covenants during each reporting period applicable to such Collateral Loan, whether or not any action by, or event relating to, the Obligor has occurred: maximum leverage, maximum senior leverage, maximum first lien leverage, minimum fixed charge coverage, minimum tangible net worth, minimum net worth, minimum debt service coverage, minimum interest coverage, maximum capital expenditures, minimum EBITDA, or other customary financial covenants.
Covenant-Lite Loan means a Collateral Obligation the Related Documents for which do not (i) contain any financial covenants or (ii) require the borrower thereunder to comply with any Maintenance Covenant (regardless of whether compliance with one or more Incurrence Covenants is otherwise required by such Related Documents).
Covenant-Lite Loan means a Credit Facility Loan that does not require the Portfolio Company thereunder to comply with at least one financial maintenance covenant (including, without limitation, any covenant relating to a borrowing base, asset valuation or similar asset-based requirement), in each case, regardless of whether compliance with one or more incurrence covenants is otherwise required by such Credit Facility Loan.