Interest Rate Swap means any interest rate swap transaction entered into pursuant to the Agreement between Party A and Party B as evidenced by a Confirmation;
Interest Rate Swap Agreement means the agreement(s) (including any further replacement agreements) entered into between the Guarantor LP and the Interest Rate Swap Provider(s) in the form of an ISDA Master Agreement, as the same may be amended, varied, supplemented, restated or extended from time to time, including a schedule and confirmations in relation to each Tranche or Series of Covered Bonds;
Secured Swap Agreement means a Swap Agreement between (a) any Loan Party and (b) a Secured Swap Provider.
Replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement means an interest rate cap agreement from an Acceptable Counterparty with terms identical to the Interest Rate Cap Agreement except that the same shall be effective in connection with replacement of the Interest Rate Cap Agreement following a downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the long-term unsecured debt rating of the Counterparty; provided that to the extent any such interest rate cap agreement does not meet the foregoing requirements, a “Replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement” shall be such interest rate cap agreement approved in writing by each of the Rating Agencies and Lender with respect thereto.
Eligible Swap Counterparty means an entity, which may be an affiliate of a remarketing agent, engaged in the business of entering into derivative instrument contracts that satisfies the Rating Agency Condition.
Swap Account The account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 4.08. The Swap Account must be an Eligible Account.
Secured Swap Provider means (i) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (or a Person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time of execution and delivery of a Rate Contract) who has entered into a Secured Rate Contract with Borrower, or (ii) a Person with whom Borrower has entered into a Secured Rate Contract provided or arranged by GE Capital or an Affiliate of GE Capital, and any assignee thereof.
Swap Agreement means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
Interest Rate Cap Provider if any, shall mean the entity listed as the Interest Rate Cap Provider in the Series Term Sheet, in its capacity as obligor under the Class Interest Rate Caps, or if any Replacement Class Interest Rate Caps or Qualified Substitute Cap Arrangements are obtained pursuant to Section 15, the obligor with respect to such Replacement Class Interest Rate Caps or Qualified Substitute Cap Arrangements.
Interest Rate Cap Agreement means, as applicable, an Interest Rate Cap Agreement (together with the confirmation and schedules relating thereto) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender between Borrower and an Acceptable Counterparty or a Replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement.
Interest Rate Contract means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate floor agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate option or any other agreement regarding the hedging of interest rate risk exposure executed in connection with hedging the interest rate exposure of any Person and any confirming letter executed pursuant to such agreement, all as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Currency Swap Agreement means any currency swap agreement, including all schedules and confirmations thereto, entered into by the Issuer and the Currency Swap Counterparty, as the same may be amended, supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to time.
Fixed Swap Payment With respect to any Distribution Date, a fixed amount equal to the related amount set forth in the Interest Rate Swap Agreement.
Interest Rate Agreement means with respect to any Person any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement as to which such Person is party or a beneficiary.
Interest Rate Contracts means all interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and interest rate insurance.
Interest Rate Hedge Agreement means any swap, cap, collar, forward purchase or similar agreements or arrangements entered into by a Borrower or one of its Affiliates in connection with the Loan Facility for the sole purpose of reducing a Borrower’s exposure to interest rate risk and not for speculative purposes.
Interest Swap and Hedging Obligation means any obligation of any Person pursuant to any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate exchange agreement, currency exchange agreement or any other agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency values, including, without limitation, any arrangement whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a fixed or floating rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such Person calculated by applying a fixed or floating rate of interest on the same notional amount.
Floating Interest Rate means the variable annual interest rate calculated for each Interest Adjustment Period so as to equal the Index Rate for such Interest Adjustment Period (truncated at the 5th decimal place if necessary) plus the Margin. However, in no event will the Floating Interest Rate exceed the Capped Interest Rate.
Interest Rate Hedge means an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or similar agreements entered into by any Loan Party in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, such Loan Party of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.
Mortgage Interest Rate Cap With respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the limit on each Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
Specified Swap Agreement any Swap Agreement entered into by the Borrower and any Qualified Counterparty (or any Person who was a Qualified Counterparty as of the Closing Date or as of the date such Swap Agreement was entered into) in respect of interest rates to the extent permitted under Section 7.13.
Settlement Interest Rate means, for the first calendar quarter or portion thereof during which interest accrues, the rate determined by the Receiver to be equal to the equivalent coupon issue yield on twenty-six (26)-week United States Treasury Bills in effect as of Bank Closing as published in The Wall Street Journal; provided, that if no such equivalent coupon issue yield is available as of Bank Closing, the equivalent coupon issue yield for such Treasury Bills most recently published in The Wall Street Journal prior to Bank Closing shall be used. Thereafter, the rate shall be adjusted to the rate determined by the Receiver to be equal to the equivalent coupon issue yield on such Treasury Bills in effect as of the first day of each succeeding calendar quarter during which interest accrues as published in The Wall Street Journal.
Interest Rate Cap Payment (a) With respect to the Group II Class A Certificates, beginning on the first Distribution Date and continuing through the immediately succeeding 35 Distribution Dates thereafter, the amount, if any, equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) the one-month LIBOR rate as of the related reset date under the Group II Class A Cap Agreement and (B) the applicable cap ceiling rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, over the applicable cap strike rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, calculated on an "actual/360" basis, and (ii) the applicable Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 notional amount set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date; (b) with respect to the Class M Certificates, beginning on the first Distribution Date and continuing through the immediately succeeding 43 Distribution Dates thereafter, the amount, if any, equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) the one-month LIBOR rate as of the related reset date under the Class M Cap Agreement and (B) the applicable cap ceiling rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, over the applicable cap strike rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, calculated on an "actual/360" basis, and (ii) the applicable Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3 notional amount set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date; and (c) with respect to the Class B Certificates, beginning on the first Distribution Date and continuing through the immediately succeeding 43 Distribution Dates thereafter, the amount, if any, equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) the one-month LIBOR rate as of the related reset date under the Class B Cap Agreement and (B) the applicable cap ceiling rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, over the applicable cap strike rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, calculated on an "actual/360" basis, and (ii) the applicable Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 notional amount set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date.
Floating Swap Payment With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) Swap LIBOR, (ii) the notional amount for that Distribution Date set forth in the Interest Rate Swap Agreement and (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days elapsed from and including the previous Distribution Date to but excluding the current Distribution Date (or, for the first Distribution Date, the actual number of days elapsed from the Closing Date to but excluding the first Distribution Date), and the denominator of which is 360.
Interest Rate Hedging Agreement means any interest rate protection agreement or other interest rate hedging arrangement.
Contract Interest Rate means the lesser of (a) the highest rate permitted under Requirements of Law or (b) 200 basis points per annum plus the rate per annum equal to the publicly announced prime rate or reference rate for commercial loans to large businesses in effect from time to time quoted by Citibank, N.A. as its "prime rate." If a Citibank, N.A. prime rate is not available, the applicable prime rate shall be the announced prime rate or reference rate for commercial loans in effect from time to time quoted by a bank with $10 billion or more in assets in New York City, N.Y., selected by the Party to whom interest is being paid. "Contract Price" means the applicable price, expressed in $/MWh for Net Output and Capacity Rights stated in Section 5.1.