Ratings Covenant Sample Clauses

Ratings Covenant. Within not less than 30 days from receipt of a written request of any Purchaser received after April 30, 2007 and prior to December 31, 2009, the Company shall apply for a rating of the Bonds (which may be a private letter rating) from at least one of the four nationally recognized rating agencies as of the date hereof (Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.; Standard & Poor’s, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.; Fitch Ratings; and Dominion Bond Ratings Service). The Company shall deliver evidence, reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, of the rating to each Purchaser promptly upon receipt thereof, and shall thereafter maintain a current rating on a current basis so long as any of the Bonds are Outstanding, unless each Purchaser otherwise agrees. The cost of obtaining and maintaining any such rating shall be borne by the Company.
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Ratings Covenant. New Section 8.13 is added after Section 8.12, and shall read as follows:
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Ratings Covenant. With respect of the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain a public rating (but not a specific rating) in respect of the Take-Back First Lien Facility from each of S&P and Xxxxx’x.4 Other • Other Baskets, in accordance with the Documentation Principles, but amended as set forth in Annex I Performance Metric for Leverage Threshold Determinations In each instance where the Existing First Lien Facility Documents refer to “Consolidated EBITDA,” the Take-Back First Lien Facility Documents shall refer to “Same-Facility Adjusted EBITDA.” Thresholds to remain unchanged, but “Same-Facility Adjusted EBITDA” to be calculated as set forth above.
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Related to Ratings Covenant

  • Downgrade Provisions (1) It shall be a collateralization event (“Collateralization Event”) if (A) either (i) the unsecured, long-term senior debt obligations of Party A are rated below “A1” by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or are rated “A1” by Moody’s and such rating is on watch for possible downgrade to below “A1” (but only for so long as it is on watch for possible downgrade) or (ii) the unsecured, short-term debt obligations of Party A are rated below “P-1” by Moody’s or are rated “P-1” by Moody’s and such rating is on watch for possible downgrade to below “P-1” (but only for so long as it is on watch for possible downgrade), (B) no short-term rating is available from Moody’s and the unsecured, long-term senior debt obligations of Party A are rated below “Aa3” by Moody’s or are rated “Aa3” by Moody’s and such rating is on watch for possible downgrade to below “Aa3” (but only for so long as it is on watch for possible downgrade), (C) or either (i) the unsecured, short-term debt obligations of Party A are rated below “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. (“S&P”) or (ii) if Party A does not have a short-term rating from S&P, the unsecured, long-term senior debt obligations of Party A are rated below “A+” by S&P, or (D) the unsecured, long-term senior debt obligations or financial strength ratings of Party A are rated below “A” by Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”). For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereby acknowledge and agree that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Collateralization Event, this Agreement and each Transaction hereunder shall continue to be as a Swap Agreement for purposes of the Trust Agreement. Within 30 days from the date a Collateralization Event has occurred and so long as such Collateralization Event is continuing, Party A shall, at its sole expense, either (i) post collateral according to the terms of an ISDA 1994 New York Law Credit Support Annex, which shall receive prior written confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies (as defined in the Trust Agreement) that their then-current ratings of the Offered Certificates will not be downgraded or withdrawn by such Rating Agency (the “Rating Agency Condition”), or (ii) obtain a substitute counterparty that (a) is reasonably acceptable to Party B and satisfies the Rating Agency Condition, (b) satisfies the Hedge Counterparty Ratings Requirement (as defined herein) and (c) assumes the obligations of Party A under this Agreement (through an assignment and assumption agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Party B) or replaces the outstanding Transactions hereunder with transactions on identical terms, except that Party A shall be replaced as counterparty, provided that such substitute counterparty, as of the date of such assumption or replacement, will not, as a result thereof, be required to withhold or deduct on account of tax under the Agreement or the new transactions, as applicable, and such assumption or replacement will not lead to a termination event or event of default occurring under the Agreement or new transactions, as applicable.

  • Ratings Event Upon the occurrence of a Ratings Event (as defined below) Party A has not, within 10 days after such rating withdrawal or downgrade (unless, within 10 days after such withdrawal or downgrade, each such Swap Rating Agency has reconfirmed the rating of the Swap Certificates which was in effect immediately prior to such withdrawal or downgrade (determined without regard to any financial guaranty insurance policy, if applicable), unless the rating of the Swap Certificates were changed due to a circumstance other than the withdrawal or downgrading of Party A's (or its Credit Support Provider's) rating), complied with one of the solutions listed below, then an Additional Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to Party A and Party A shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event. It shall be a ratings event ("Ratings Event") if at any time after the date hereof Party A shall fail to satisfy the Swap Counterparty Ratings Threshold. Swap Counterparty Ratings Threshold shall mean that both (A) the unsecured, long-term senior debt obligations of Party A (or its Credit Support Provider) are rated at least "BBB-" by S&P, and (B) either (i) the unsecured, long-term senior debt obligations of Party A (or its Credit Support Provider) are rated at least "A2" by Moody's (including if such rating is on watch for possible downgrade) and the unsecured, short-term debt obligations of Party A (or its Credit Support Provider) are rated at least "P-1" by Moody's (including if such rating is on watch for possible downgrade) or (ii) if Party A (or its Credit Support Provider) does not have a short-term rating from Moody's, the unsecured, long-term senior debt obligations of Party A (or its Credit Support Provider) are rated at least "A1" by Moody's (including if such rating is on watch for possible downgrade).

  • Ratings Downgrade For purposes of each Transaction:

  • Ratings Letters The Depositor will have received ratings letters that assign the ratings to the Publicly Registered Notes specified in the Terms Annex.

  • Moody’s Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

  • Required Ratings The Offered Certificates shall have received Required Ratings of at least [ ] from [ ].

  • Changes in Covenants When Notes Rated Investment Grade If on any date following the Issue Date:

  • Second Rating Trigger Replacement If (A) a Required Ratings Downgrade Event has occurred and been continuing for 30 or more Local Business Days and (B) (i) at least one Eligible Replacement has made a Firm Offer to be the transferee of all of Party A’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (and such Firm Offer remains an offer that will become legally binding upon such Eligible Replacement upon acceptance by the offeree) and/or (ii) an Eligible Guarantor has made a Firm Offer to provide an Eligible Guarantee (and such Firm Offer remains an offer that will become legally binding upon such Eligible Guarantor immediately upon acceptance by the offeree), then an Additional Termination Event shall have occurred with respect to Party A and Party A shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event.

  • Ratings No “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) (i) has imposed (or has informed the Company that it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or otherwise) on the Company’s retaining any rating assigned to the Company or any securities of the Company or (ii) has indicated to the Company that it is considering any of the actions described in Section 7(c)(ii) hereof.

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