Translation of "endettement d'entreprise " (French → English) :

LBO fund

leveraged buyout | leveraged buy-out | buyout | LBO

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries | HIPC [Abbr.]

crushing debt load [ high debt | high debt load | high debt level ]

Company nurse

debt ratio | debt-to-GDP ratio | general government debt ratio | government debt ratio | public debt ratio

External debt: definition, statistical coverage and methodology [ External debt ]

leverage

A demonstration by the applicant for an exemption of the development of its earnings and liquidity during the previous three years on the basis of its key business indicators (e.g. its EBIT margin, return on equity, equity and debt ratio, liquidity and debt ratio) and an explanation of the effects of the price freeze on these indicators;

In addition, on the basis of point 11 of the RR Guidelines, the Commission considers NG to have been in difficulty already since 2002, because: (a) NG's annual turnover decreased by 80 % in that period, at a total amount of EUR 89,4 million, and the company had annual losses for most part of the same period; (b) during the whole period NG had excessive debt, which increased from 119 % of turnover in 2002 to 4 150 % of turnover in 2011; (c) even in 2004 and 2005, when the company's debt fell below 100 % of its turnover, that debt remained at significantly high levels of around 70 % of turnover, and also during the same years the company ...[+++] had reduced sales and annual losses; and (d) NG had negative equity for the most part of the same period (2006-2011).

24. Recalls that prior to the outbreak of the financial crisis the public-debt-to-GDP ratio of the euro area had fallen from 72% in 1999 and to 67% in 2007 and that, in contrast, debt levels of households and firms and the level of leverage in the financial sector increased significantly over the same period; points out, in particular, that household debt in the euro area increased from 52% to 70% of GDP during the same period and that financial institutions increased their level of debt from less than 200% of GDP to more than 250%; acknowledges that some Member States, such as Greece and Italy, were significant exceptions to these gen ...[+++]eral trends;

24. Recalls that prior to the outbreak of the financial crisis the public-debt-to-GDP ratio of the euro area had fallen from 72% in 1999 and to 67% in 2007 and that, in contrast, debt levels of households and firms and the level of leverage in the financial sector increased significantly over the same period; points out, in particular, that household debt in the euro area increased from 52% to 70% of GDP during the same period and that financial institutions increased their level of debt from less than 200% of GDP to more than 250%; acknowledges that some Member States, such as Greece and Italy, were significant exceptions to these gen ...[+++]eral trends;