The Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group is a global investment management firm that manages private capital strategies across private equity, credit and Carlyle AlpInvest's private markets solutions. It serves institutional and private wealth investors.

Key facts

Also Known AsThe Carlyle Group Inc.
Company Operating StatusActive
Stock SymbolCG
Wellfound IDthe-carlyle-group
Wikidata IDQ926806

Covenant analysis

CovenantTermvs marketSource
Limitation on Investments in Affiliates · Negative CovenantNo Investments in Borrowers or Affiliates without prior written consent of Majority Lenders (not to be unreasonably withheld); ordinary course capital markets investments permittedsource ↗
Limitation on Mergers and Asset Sales · Negative CovenantNo merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all assets; exceptions for mergers into Borrower where Borrower survives and no Default/Event of Defaultsource ↗
Limitation on Line of Business · Negative CovenantNo new businesses outside of businesses engaged in as of Closing Date or reasonably related theretosource ↗
Equity Cure Right · Financial MaintenanceEquity cure permitted up to 5 times over term; at least 2 of every 4 fiscal quarters must not use cure; cure amount limited to amount needed for compliancesource ↗
MHCB Minimum Hold Requirement · OtherMHCB must hold at least 66.6% of aggregate Commitments unless Borrowers separately agree in writing to a lower amountsource ↗
Category I Borrowing Concentration Limit · ConcentrationNot to exceed 40% of Aggregate Facility Amount; TCG SF sublimit of $10,000,000 (subject to exceptions for Subordinated FINRA Loans)loose 40% vs concentration median 7.5% (n=40)source ↗
Cross-Default / Cross-Acceleration · Event of DefaultEvent of Default if any Material Indebtedness (≥$25,000,000) fails to be paid when due or is acceleratedtight $25m vs event of default median $125m (n=62)source ↗
Facility Fee · Fee0.30% per annum on entire Aggregate Facility Amount (irrespective of usage), payable quarterlymarket 0.3% vs fee median 0.25% (n=19)source ↗
Limitation on Affiliate Transactions · Negative CovenantNo affiliate transactions >$10,000,000 unless on arm's-length terms and otherwise permittedtight $10m vs negative covenant median $137.5m (n=56)source ↗
Limitation on Liens · Negative CovenantNo Liens except Permitted Liens and other specified exceptions; additional Liens basket capped at $15,000,000tight $15m vs negative covenant median $137.5m (n=56)source ↗
Limitation on Restricted Payments · Negative CovenantNo Restricted Payments unless no Default/Event of Default and Debt to Equity Ratio ≤ 7.00:1.00 pro formaloose 7x vs basket median 4x (n=54)source ↗
Debt to Equity Ratio – Condition to Incurrence of Indebtedness · IncurrenceLess than or equal to 7.00 to 1.00 after giving pro forma effect to incurrenceloose 7x vs leverage median 4x (n=99)source ↗
Letter of Credit Fronting Fee · Fee0.125% per annum on average daily available amount of each Letter of Credit, payable quarterlytight 0.125% vs fee median 0.25% (n=19)source ↗
Maximum Debt to Equity Ratio · Financial Maintenance7.00 to 1.00 at any timeloose 7x vs leverage median 4x (n=99)source ↗
Debt to Equity Ratio – Condition to Borrowing · Financial MaintenanceLess than or equal to 7.00 to 1.00 after giving pro forma effect to any Borrowing or issuanceloose 7x vs leverage median 4x (n=99)source ↗
Debt to Equity Ratio – Designated Entity Designation · IncurrenceLess than or equal to 7.00 to 1.00 after giving pro forma effect to designationloose 7x vs leverage median 4x (n=99)source ↗
Debt to Equity Ratio – Condition to Restricted Payments · Restricted PaymentsLess than or equal to 7.00 to 1.00 after giving pro forma effect to dividendloose 7x vs leverage median 4x (n=99)source ↗
Use of Proceeds – Investments in Designated Entities · Negative CovenantNo more than $50,000,000 of aggregate outstanding Commitments may be used to make Investments in Designated Entities that are not Subsidiariesmarket $50m vs negative covenant median $137.5m (n=56)source ↗
Limitation on Subordinated Debt Prepayments · Negative CovenantNo prepayment of Subordinated Indebtedness unless no Default/Event of Default and Debt to Equity Ratio ≤ 7.00:1.00 pro formaloose 7x vs negative covenant median 4x (n=26)source ↗

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