Indenture With Covenants In Palm Beach
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An indenture is a particular formal contract or deed made between two or more parties. Beginning in medieval England, an indenture can be defined as a specific agreement within a contract noted with a specific duration or significance.
All bond covenants are part of a bond's legal documentation and are part of corporate bonds and government bonds. A bond's indenture is the portion that contains the covenants, both positive and negative, and is enforceable throughout the entire life of the bond until maturity.
A covenant is a promise to take an action (an affirmative covenant) or to refrain from taking an action (a negative covenant). Indentures contain a variety of covenants from the issuer to the trustee on behalf of the bondholders.
The Indenture pledges certain revenues as security for repayment of the Bonds. The Trustee agrees to act on behalf of the holders of the Bonds and to represent their interests.
Individual items are known as covenants. However, the entire set of covenants is collectively known as an indenture. An indenture is a specialized form of agreement between the issuer and the investors. This agreement clearly outlines the rights and duties of every party involved in the transaction.
The Trust Indenture Act requires certain prospectus disclosure about the debt securities in registered offerings. Most offerings of debt securities that are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 are also exempt from the Trust Indenture Act requirements.
To issue a bond, the issuer hires a third-party trustee, usually a bank or trust company, to represent investors who buy the bond. The agreement entered into by the issuer, and the trustee is referred to as the trust indenture.
An indenture is a deed with more than one party. In the old days they were written out, two copies, on a single piece of parchment then roughly cut, so the parts could later be compared. A deed of trust has at least two parties, the settler and the trustee, so it could be called an indenture.
(9) The term ''indenture to be qualified'' means (A) the in- denture under which there has been or is to be issued a secu- rity in respect of which a particular registration statement has been filed, or (B) the indenture in respect of which a particular application has been filed.
