


The borrower must make principal + interest payments when due.Standard loan covenants outline circumstances or behaviors that are often taken for granted but must still be stipulated in a credit agreement for the legal enforceability of the contract. Standard loan covenants are generally outlined in a boilerplate format, meaning they’re standard for all borrowers. Loan covenants may be categorized in a variety of ways. A loan covenant violation is also known as a covenant breach, a form of technical default.Loan covenants can be a powerful tool to help align incentives between a lender and a borrower or to mitigate transaction (or borrower)-specific risks that may otherwise be unavoidable.Loan covenants are circumstances or behaviors that a borrower must (or must not) engage in, and they are expressly documented in the credit agreement or loan contract.
