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Debt & Funding Management Framework

Raise and manage debt and funding efficiently.

Principles
  • Match tenor to use of funds
  • Maintain unused committed lines
  • Refinance before you have to
Capabilities
  • Term debt & revolvers
  • Commercial paper & bonds
  • Project & structured finance
  • Covenant management
Operating model
  • Annual funding plan
  • Quarterly refinancing pipeline review
  • Monthly covenant compliance
Core controls
  • Refinancing-tower limit
  • Covenant early-warning thresholds
KPIs

How this framework is measured

Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR)

Formula · EBITDA / Debt Service

Threshold · ≥ 1.5×

Interest Cover

Formula · EBITDA / Interest Expense

Threshold · ≥ 4×

Net Debt / EBITDA

Formula · Net Debt / Trailing EBITDA

Threshold · ≤ covenant – 0.5×

Covenant Headroom

Formula · Actual − Covenant Threshold

Threshold · ≥ 15% of threshold

Bank Facility Utilisation

Formula · Drawn / Committed

Threshold · ≤ 70%

Linked assessments

No direct assessment — covered through the master Treasury Maturity Index.

Linked advisory