Average Debt Rating definition

Average Debt Rating means as of any date of determination, the numerical average Moody's debt rating obtained by (a) multiplying the Principal Balance of each Collateral Debt Obligation as of such date by the applicable Moody's Rating Factor for such Collateral Debt Obligation as indicated in the table below; (b) summing the products obtained in clause (a) for all Collateral Debt Obligations; and (c) dividing the sum obtained in clause (b) by the Aggregate Principal Amount of all Collateral Debt Obligations as of such date and rounding the result to the nearest whole number. "Moody's Rating Factor" means (i) if the Collateral Manager has obtained a private rating letter with respect to a Collateral Debt Obligation setting forth a rating factor, such rating factor as set forth therein or (ii) otherwise, the number set forth below under the heading "Moody's Rating Factor" across from the Rating of each Collateral Debt Obligation.
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Average Debt Rating means as of any date of determination, the numerical average Moody's debt rating obtained by (a) multiplying the Principal Balance of each Collateral Debt Obligation as of such date by the applicable Moody's Rating Factor for such Collateral Debt Obligation as
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Examples of Average Debt Rating in a sentence

  • Eligible Investments, Defaulted Obligations and Equity Securities shall be excluded from both the numerator and denominator in the calculation of Average Debt Rating.

  • For purposes of the calculation of Average Debt Rating, if a Senior Secured Floating Rate Note or a Second Lien Loan has a Moody's Rating that is equal to or greater than the Corporate Family Rating, it shall be treated as a Senior Secured Loan; otherwise, such Senior Secured Floating Rate Note or Second Lien Loan shall be treated as a Non-Senior Secured Loan.

Related to Average Debt Rating

  • Debt Rating has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Rate.”

  • Index Debt Rating means the S&P Rating, the Xxxxx’x Rating and the Fitch Rating.

  • Debt Ratings has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Rate.”

  • Senior Debt Rating means at any date, the credit rating identified by S&P, Fitch or Xxxxx’x as the credit rating which (a) it has assigned to long term senior unsecured debt of the Borrower or (b) it would assign to long term senior unsecured debt of the Borrower were the Borrower to issue or have outstanding any long term senior unsecured debt on such date. For the avoidance of doubt, “Senior Debt Rating” is not the Borrower’s “Corporate/Long-Term Issuer” rating.

  • Pricing Level refers to the determination of which of Level I, Level II, Level III, Level IV, Level V or Level VI applies at any date.

  • Applicable Pricing Level means, for each Pricing Period the pricing level set forth below opposite the Debt Rating achieved by Borrower as of the first day of that Pricing Period: Pricing Level Debt Rating I Greater than or equal to A1 / A+ II Less than A1 / A+ but greater than or equal to A2 / A III Less than A2 / A but greater than or equal to A3 / A- V Less than Baa2/BBB provided that in the event that the then prevailing Debt Ratings are “split ratings”, Borrower will receive the benefit of the higher Debt Rating, unless the split is a “double split rating” (in which case the pricing level applicable to the middle Debt Rating will apply) or a “triple split rating” (in which case the pricing level applicable to the Debt Rating above the Debt Rating applicable to the lowest pricing level will apply). For purposes hereof, a Debt Rating is only a “split rating” if the Debt Rating applies to a different pricing level.

  • Pricing Level V any time when (i) the senior unsecured long term debt rating of the Borrower by (x) S&P is BBB‑ or higher or (y) Xxxxx’x is Baa3 or higher and (ii) none of Pricing Level I, Pricing Level II, Pricing Level III or Pricing Level IV applies.

  • Applicable Rating Level at any time shall be determined in accordance with the then-applicable S&P Rating or the then-applicable Xxxxx’x Rating as follows: S&P Rating/Xxxxx’x Rating Applicable Rating Level S&P Rating AA or higher or Xxxxx’x Rating Aa2 or higher 1 S&P Rating AA- or Xxxxx’x Rating Aa3 2 S&P Rating A+ or Xxxxx’x Rating A1 3 S&P Rating A or Xxxxx’x Rating A2 4 S&P Rating A- or below or Xxxxx’x Rating A3 or below or unrated 5 The Applicable Rating Level for any day shall be determined based upon the higher of the S&P Rating and the Xxxxx’x Rating in effect on such day. If the S&P Rating and the Xxxxx’x Rating are not the same (i.e., a “split rating”), the higher (better) of such ratings shall control, unless the ratings differ by more than one level, in which case the rating one level below the higher of the two ratings shall control.

  • S&P Rating means, at any time, the rating issued by S&P and then in effect with respect to the Borrower's senior unsecured long-term debt securities without third-party credit enhancement.

  • Weighted Average Yield means with respect to any Loan, on any date of determination, the weighted average yield to maturity, in each case, based on the interest rate applicable to such Loan on such date and giving effect to all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable with respect to such Loan.

  • Public Debt Rating means, as of any date, the rating that has been most recently announced by either S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, for any class of non-credit enhanced long-term senior unsecured debt issued by the Borrower or, if any such rating agency shall have issued more than one such rating, the lowest such rating issued by such rating agency. For purposes of the foregoing, (a) if only one of S&P and Moody’s shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Percentage shall be determined by reference to the available rating; (b) if neither S&P nor Moody’s shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Percentage will be set in accordance with Level 5 under the definition of “Applicable Margin” or “Applicable Percentage”, as the case may be; (c) if the ratings established by S&P and Moody’s shall fall within different levels, the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Percentage shall be based upon the higher rating unless such ratings differ by two or more levels, in which case the applicable level will be deemed to be one level below the higher of such levels; (d) if any rating established by S&P or Moody’s shall be changed, such change shall be effective as of the date on which such change is first announced publicly by the rating agency making such change; and (e) if S&P or Moody’s shall change the basis on which ratings are established, each reference to the Public Debt Rating announced by S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be.

  • Moody’s Rating means, at any time, the rating issued by Moody's and xxxx xx effect with respect to the Borrower's senior unsexxxxx xong-term debt securities without third-party credit enhancement.

  • Pricing Level IV means any time when (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) the Senior Debt Rating is BBB- or higher by S&P or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s and (iii) Pricing Levels I, II and III do not apply.

  • Index Debt means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.

  • Pricing Level I shall exist on an Adjustment Date if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the relevant period is greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00.

  • Weighted Average Quotation means, in accordance with the Quotation Method, the weighted average of firm quotations obtained from Dealers at the Valuation Time, to the extent reasonably practicable, each for an amount of the Reference Obligation with an outstanding principal balance (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall exclude any amounts of capitalised interest) of as large a size as available but less than the Quotation Amount (but of a size equal to the Minimum Quotation Amount or, if quotations of a size equal to the Minimum Quotation Amount are not available, quotations as near in size as practicable to the Minimum Quotation Amount) that in the aggregate are approximately equal to the Quotation Amount and Section 7.11 of the Credit Definitions shall be amended accordingly.

  • Pricing Level II shall exist on an Adjustment Date if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the relevant period is less than 3.50 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00.

  • Investment Grade Credit Rating means (a) with respect to Fitch, a credit rating of BBB- or higher, (b) with respect to Xxxxx’x, a credit rating of Baa3 or higher and (c) with respect to S&P, a credit rating of BBB- or higher.

  • Highest Rating Category means, with respect to a Permitted Investment, that the Permitted Investment is rated by S&P or Moody’s in the highest rating category given by that rating agency for that general category of security. By way of example, the Highest Rating Category for tax exempt municipal debt established by S&P is “A 1+” for debt with a term of one year or less and “AAA” for a term greater than one year, with corresponding ratings by Moody’s of “MIG 1” (for fixed rate) or “VMIG 1” (for variable rate) for three months or less and “Aaa” for greater than three months. If at any time (i) both S&P and Moody’s rate a Permitted Investment and (ii) one of those ratings is below the Highest Rating Category, then such Permitted Investment will, nevertheless, be deemed to be rated in the Highest Rating Category if the lower rating is no more than one rating category below the highest rating category of that rating agency. For example, a Permitted Investment rated “AAA” by S&P and “Aa3” by Moody’s is rated in the Highest Rating Category. If, however, the lower rating is more than one full rating category below the Highest Rating Category of that Rating Agency, then the Permitted Investment will be deemed to be rated below the Highest Rating Category. For example, a Permitted Investment rated “AAA” by S&P and “A1” by Moody’s is not rated in the Highest Rating Category.

  • Senior Net Leverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Senior Indebtedness on such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) without giving effect to any grace period applicable thereto.

  • Pricing Level III shall exist on an Adjustment Date if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the relevant period is less than 3.00 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00.

  • Net Total Leverage Ratio means on any date, the ratio of (A) (i) the sum of, without duplication, (x) the aggregate principal amount of any Consolidated Debt consisting of Loan Obligations outstanding as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date (other than Excluded Transaction Debt) and (y) the aggregate principal amount of any other Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Test Period (other than Excluded Transaction Debt) less (ii) without duplication, the Unrestricted Cash and unrestricted Permitted Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Test Period, to (B) EBITDA for such Test Period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the Net Total Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.

  • First Lien Net Leverage Ratio means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Net Indebtedness as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

  • Average Delinquency Ratio on any Payment Date means the average of the Delinquency Ratios for the preceding three calendar months.

  • Moody’s Second Trigger Ratings Threshold means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee or an Eligible Replacement, (i) if such entity has a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s of “A3” and a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s of “Prime-2”, or (ii) if such entity does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s of “A3”.