2.1.2.7 Covenant Details
This topic provides systematic instructions about the procedure to link covenant to facility.
Banks stipulate covenants as part of facility sanction and expect customers to comply with the same as per signified frequencies. OBELCM supports linkage of covenants at entity level like facility.
Covenants are maintained in Covenants domain under covenant master maintenance and same are fetched at entity level for linkage.
- Click Next in previous data segment to proceed with the
next data segment, after successfully capturing the data.The Covenant Details screen is displayed.Multiple covenants can be linked at entity level.
Note:
For backdated facility, covenants linked to the facility will be tracked from the facility book date. - Click
icon.The Covenant Details screen displays.Table 2-28 Covenant Details
Fields Description Covenant Code Select the covenant code from the LOV. Active covenants maintained under covenant master maintenance of covenants domain are available for linking. Covenant Name Covenant name of the selected covenant code gets defaulted from covenant master maintenance and is not editable Description Displays the description based on the selected covenant code. Defaulted description can be modified at entity level. Classification Type Select the classification type. The available options are: - External
- Internal
Covenant classification type is defaulted from the Covenant Maintenancescreen on selecting covenant. Same is not modifiable at entity level.
Covenant Type Select the covenant type from the drop-down list. The available options are: - Internal
- External
Covenant classification type is defaulted from the Covenant Maintenance screen on selecting covenant.
Revision Frequency Select the frequency from the drop-down list. The available options are: - Weekly
- Fortnightly
- Monthly
- Quarterly
- Half Yearly
- Yearly
- Custom
Note:- Frequency can be modified after save and authorization of the Facility covenant record.
- You can modify the Frequency from a lower one (say – weekly) frequency to a higher one (say – Monthly) or vice-versa.
- You are allowed to change a covenant's frequency during the covenant period - either before the notice date or after the tracking task generation for the next instance.
- All existing restrictions for frequency will continue to be there during the modification.
Notice Days Displays the number of days prior to revision date of the covenant gets defaulted from Covenant Maintenance. Notice days are mandatory when frequency is custom, fortnightly, weekly and above. Covenant is available for tracking during the notice days prior to revision date. Note:- Notice Days must be less than the Custom Days in case Custom Days is selected as Frequency. In case the Custom Days value is 1, the system does not allow to capture Notice days.
- Notice Days can be a maximum of 30 days even if the Custom Days is more than 30 days.
- If Fortnightly is selected as Frequency, the notice days must be less than 14 days.
- Notice Days can be modified after save and authorization of the Facility covenant record.
- The Notice Days can either be increased or reduced, and it will update the Notice date in turn.
- You are allowed to change a covenant's Notice days during thecovenant period - either before the notice date or after the tracking task generation. Notice date modification before task generation will be applicable for current instance duly considering the date on which it is done. Modification after task generation will be applicable for next instance.
- All existing restrictions for notice days will continue to be there during the modification.
Start Date Start date indicates the effective date of covenant for the particular facility. Note:- Start Date cannot be back date.
- Start Date can be current date or future date.
- Start Date cannot be modified after saving and authorizing the facility covenant record. This is applicable for current dated as well as future dated covenants.
End Date Specify the end date of covenant. After this end date, covenant tracking or notification generation is not applicable. The system performs certain validations for covenant end date as shown below based on the dependencies like Frequencies and Review/Notice/Grace days.
For more information, refer #GUID-19F9AE7F-0703-408A-8E4C-58916C2E0F44/GUID-0BFEED1B-33A7-4D2F-9AAA-68CF37F07D4F
Note:- End Date is not mandatory.
- The authorization and saving of the Facility covenant record allow for a modification of the End Date.
First Review Date The system derives the first review date considering start date + frequency Note:- The Frequency modification post authorization will also update the next Review date of the current or future covenant tracking instance.
- Subsequent Review date gets updated based on the first Review Date + Frequency specified.
Examples for the Review date calculation of different frequencies and combinations
For more details, refer Table 2-30
Grace Days Displays the grace days maintained in the Covenant Maintenance screen gets defaulted here based on the Covenant Code selected. Note:- Grace Days must be less than the Custom Days in case Custom Days is selected as Frequency. In case the Custom Days value is 1, the system does not allow to capture Grace days.
- Grace Days can be a maximum of 30 days even if the Custom Days is more than 30 days.
- If Fortnightly is selected as Frequency, the grace days must be less than 14 days.
- Grace Days can be modified after save and authorization of the Facility covenant record.
- The Grace Days can be increased or decreased, and it will update the tracking end date in turn.
- You are allowed to change a covenant's Grace days during the covenant period – either before the review date or after the review date.
- Change of Grace Days before the review date - the new grace days will be applicable from the current covenant tracking instance.
- Change of Grace Days after the review date - the new grace days will be applicable from the next covenant tracking instance.
Monitoring Information Details - If Between is
selected as the Covenant Target Condition,
the system derives the covenant compliance status
as met only if covenant (value/percentage/ratio)
is between specified Target from
value and Target to
value’.
Example:
- Covenant = Debt to Equity ratio
- Monitoring information = Balance sheet
- Formula = Total Liabilities / Total Equity
- Covenant Target condition = BETWEEN
- Target type = Ratio
- Target From Value = 1
- Target To Value = 2
Example:
- Covenant = Free Cash Flow
- Monitoring information for the covenant = Cash Flow
- Final Formula = Operating Cash Flow – Capital Expenditures
- Covenant Target condition = GREATER THAN
- Target type = VALUE
- Target Value = 200000
For the above case, system expects cash flow to be greater than USD 200000.
For the above case, the system expects the debt to equity ratio to be between 1 and
Formula Formulafor arriving at covenant condition gets defaulted from covenant master maintenance onselecting the covenant code. This is applicable for financial covenant.
Target type Target type configured for the covenant gets defaulted from covenant master maintenance Target Value This field value gets defaulted from covenant master maintenance on selecting the covenant. Defaulted target value can be modified at the linkage level.
When the covenant target condition selected is ‘Between’, then system populates two fields Target Value 1 and Target Value 2 to enter from and to values to be considered for the covenant.
Covenant Check Condition Select the covenant check condition. Compliance Status Select the compliance status. The available options are: - Met
- Breached
Covenant Status Displays the covenant status. Last Check Value Displays the last check value. Deferred Due Date Displays the deferred due date. Remarks Specify the remarks, if any. Linkage Details This section displays about linkage details. Linkage Type This field is defaulted as Facility,Collateral,or Customerbased on the covenant selected. Table 2-29 Frequencies and Review/Notice/Grace days
Business Date Start Date Frequency Review Date Notice days Notice date End Date Existing Modified End Date Modification Remarks 13TH OCT 10TH OCT MONTHLY 10TH NOV 5 5TH NOV 10TH JAN 10TH MAR ALLOWED - 13TH OCT 10TH OCT MONTHLY 10TH NOV 5 5TH NOV 10TH JAN 1ST DEC ALLOWED Last covenant will fall due on 10th November 13TH OCT 10TH OCT MONTHLY 10TH NOV 5 5TH NOV 10TH JAN 10TH NOV ALLOWED - 13TH OCT 15TH SEP MONTHLY 15TH OCT 3 12TH OCT 15TH JAN 15TH OCT ALLOWED - 13TH OCT 15TH SEP MONTHLY 15TH OCT 3 12TH OCT 15TH JAN 14TH OCT NOT ALLOWED Modified end date cannot be less than next Review date, if tracking task is triggered 13TH OCT 15TH SEP MONTHLY 15TH OCT 1 14TH OCT 15TH JAN 14TH OCT ALLOWED Modification is allowed since tracking task is not yet triggered. Covenant tracking is stopped 13TH OCT 15TH SEP MONTHLY 15TH OCT 1 14TH OCT 15TH JAN 13TH OCT ALLOWED Since covenant tracking task is yet to be generated, end date can be modified as current business date 13TH OCT 15TH SEP MONTHLY 15TH OCT 2 13TH OCT 15TH JAN 14TH OCT NOT ALLOWED Since tracking task is triggered, end date modification is not allowed 13TH OCT 15TH SEP MONTHLY 15TH OCT 2 13TH OCT 15TH JAN 12TH OCT NOT ALLOWED Since modified end date is backdated, modification is not allowed 13TH OCT 15TH SEP MONTHLY 15TH OCT 2 13TH OCT 15TH SEP 15TH JAN NOT ALLOWED Since end date has already passed, no modification is allowed Table 2-30 Examples
Start date - 04-Apr-2017 First Review Date Frequency Without Start Month + Due Date Daily 05-Apr-17 Weekly 11-Apr-17 Fortnightly 18-Apr-17 Monthly 04-May-17 Quarterly 04-Jul-17 Half Yearly 04-Oct-17 Yearly 04-Apr-18 Custom (5) 09-Apr-17 - Click Create to create the covenant details.
- Click Save and click Next to navigate to the next data segment.
Parent topic: Facilities Maintenance

