On May 6, the LSTA published its long-awaited concept Daily SOFR and risk-free rate (RFR)-based multicurrency credit agreements (the Concept RFR Documents). The publication of these documents is a welcomed step in the transition from LIBOR  These Concept RFR Documents illustrate various types of SOFR-based US Dollar credit facilities and

In an important step for the syndicated loan market in transitioning to SOFR and away from LIBOR as a benchmark interest rate, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (“LSTA”) recently published what it deems a “concept” credit agreement (we’ll call it the Concept SOFR Agreement” here) that references daily simple SOFR or daily compounded SOFR.  The Concept SOFR Agreement can be found on the LSTA’s website, along with a blackline against the LSTA’s form term loan agreement referencing LIBOR (available to LSTA members at www.lsta.org).

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On October 1, 2019, the LSTA released to its members a draft “concept credit agreement” illustrating how a compounded average of daily SOFRs calculated in arrears might be incorporated into the LSTA’s form of Credit Agreement (a reference document that the LSTA has long maintained for basic syndicated lending provisions).

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