Initial S&P Required Rating definition

Initial S&P Required Rating if: (i) the short-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of that entity are rated at least as high as "A-1" by S&P and the long-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of that entity are rated at least as high as "A" by S&P; or (ii) the long-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of that entity are rated at least as high as "A+" by S&P.
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Initial S&P Required Rating means the long-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of an entity are rated at least as high as the S&P Minimum Counterparty Rating corresponding to the rating of the Relevant Notes immediately prior to the occurrence of the Initial S&P Rating Event, as specified in the table in Appendix 1 to this Schedule under the column "Initial S&P Rating Event".
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Initial S&P Required Rating means the issuer credit rating of an entity is at least as high as the S&P Minimum Counterparty Rating or, if an issuer credit rating is not available for such entity, the long-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of the entity are rated at least as high as the S&P Minimum Counterparty Rating, in each case corresponding to the then current rating of the Relevant Notes and the applicable Replacement Option, as specified in the S&P Rating Table under the column "Initial S&P Rating Event".
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Examples of Initial S&P Required Rating in a sentence

  • With effect from the Business Day following the date a Replacement Option Switch Notice is effective (such date, the "Substitution Effective Date"), the definitions of "Initial S&P Required Rating", "Subsequent S&P Required Rating" and "Credit Support Amount" (as defined in the Credit Support Annex) shall be deemed to be amended to the equivalent definitions set out below corresponding to the relevant Replacement Option elected.


More Definitions of Initial S&P Required Rating

Initial S&P Required Rating if: (i) the short-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of that entity are rated at least as high as "A-1" by S&P and the long-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of that entity are rated at least as high as "A" by S&P; or (ii) the long-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of that entity are rated at least as high as "A+" by S&P. "Replacement Option 1" means the replacement option 1 requirements in relation to minimum eligible counterparty ratings and collateral as detailed in the S&P Criteria.
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Initial S&P Required Rating means the long-term, unsecured, unsubordinated and unguaranteed debt obligations of the relevant entity are rated at least as high as the S&P Minimum Counterparty Rating corresponding to the then current rating by S&P of the relevant series and class of notes (or, in respect of the required ratings/triggers for the Funding 1 swap provider (or its credit support provider, as applicable), the then current rating of the highest rated series and class of notes), as specified in the table below under the column "Initial S&P Rating Event".
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Initial S&P Required Rating. “Subsequent S&P Required Rating” and “Credit Support Amount” (as defined in the Credit Support Annex) shall be deemed to have been amended to the equivalent definitions as set out below corresponding to the relevant option elected. The right of Party A to make an election pursuant to this Part 5(k)(2) is subject to the following conditions being satisfied on the Substitution Effective Date:
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Initial S&P Required Rating means the long-term, unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations of an entity are rated:
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Related to Initial S&P Required Rating

  • S&P Required Ratings Threshold means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee or an Eligible Replacement, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from S&P of “BBB+”.

  • Required Ratings [Ratings] Closing Date, Location and Time: ___________ ___, 20___; offices of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP, New Xxxx, Xxx Yorx; 00:00 a.m. New York City time. Purchase Price for the Offered Certificates: Class Percent of Initial Aggregate ----- Principal Balance ------------------------------ Class A % Classes B-1, B-2 and B-3 % In eaxx xxxx, as offered and sold pursuant to this Terms Agreement, plus accrued interest, if applicable, thereon. Notwithstanding any other provision of the above-referenced Underwriting Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement in the Underwriting Agreement shall be with reference to File No. _________. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth in the above-referenced Underwriting Agreement (which is incorporated herein in its entirety and made a part hereof) as supplemented by this Terms Agreement, the Seller agrees to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Seller, the Offered Certificates. The Underwriter has been retained solely to act as underwriter in connection with the sale of the Offered Certificates to investors (including the establishment of the price of the Offered Certificates to investors), and no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between Seller and the Underwriter has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Terms Agreement, irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is advising Seller on other matters. * * * If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement by and among the Seller, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and the Underwriter. Very truly yours, WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES XORPORATION By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: The foregoing Terms Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. COUNTRYWIDE SECURITIES CORPORATION By: ----------------------------------- Name: Title: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION With respect to any investor, "Supplemental Information" means any of the following types of information, to the extent omitted from the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus:

  • Required Rating means, in the case of Moody's, the rating assigned to the Underlying Securities by Moody's as of the Closing Date, and, in the case of S&P, the rating assigned to the Underlying Securities by S&P as of the Closing Date.

  • Eligible Investment Required Ratings A long-term debt rating of at least “A+” by S&P or a long-term debt rating of at least “A” by S&P and a short-term debt rating of at least “A-1” by S&P.

  • Required Ratings Threshold means each of the S&P Required Ratings Threshold and the Moody’s Second Trigger Ratings Threshold.

  • Required Ratings Downgrade Event means that no Relevant Entity has credit ratings at least equal to the Required Ratings Threshold.

  • S&P Approved Ratings Threshold means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee or an Eligible Replacement, a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from S&P of “A-1”, or, if such entity does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from S&P, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from S&P of “A+”.

  • 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”.

  • Required Rate means (a) 8.30%, with respect to the Cutoff Date and any Distribution Date on or prior to the date on which the Class A-2-B Notes are paid in full, or, (b) 7.80%, with respect to any Distribution Date after the Class A-2-B Notes are paid in full, or, in each case, such other percentage approved by the Rating Agencies.

  • Specified Rating Agencies means each of Moody’s, S&P and DBRS as long as, in each case, it has not ceased to rate the Notes or failed to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Issuer’s control; provided that if one or more of Moody’s, S&P or DBRS ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Issuer’s control, the Issuer may select any other “designated rating organization” within the meaning of National Instrument 41-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators as a replacement agency for such one or more of them, as the case may be.

  • Required Special Servicer Rating means with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Xxxxx’x, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Xxxxx’x within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Xxxxx’x has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans, (iv) in the case of Morningstar, such special servicer has a ranking by Morningstar equal to or higher than “MOR CS3” as a special servicer, provided that if Morningstar has not issued a ranking with respect to such special servicer, such special servicer is acting as special servicer in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by a Rating Agency within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Morningstar has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage securities, (v) in the case of KBRA, KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination, and (vi) in the case of DBRS, such special servicer is acting as special servicer in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by DBRS within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination and DBRS has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage securities as a material reason for such downgrade or withdrawal.

  • approved rating means, for a security, a rating at or above one of the following rating categories issued by an approved rating organization for the security or a rating category that replaces a category listed below:

  • Required Reserve Factor Floor means, for any Calculation Period, the sum (expressed as a percentage) of (a) 12.5% plus (b) the product of the Adjusted Dilution Ratio and the Dilution Horizon Ratio, in each case, as of the most recent Cut-Off Date.

  • Required Deposit Rating A rating on short-term unsecured debt obligations of P-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and A-2 by S&P Global Ratings. Any requirement that short-term unsecured debt obligations have the “Required Deposit Rating” shall mean that such short-term unsecured debt obligations have the foregoing required ratings from each of such applicable rating agencies.

  • Moody’s First 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 “A2” and a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s of “Prime-1”, or (ii) if such entity does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s of “A1”.

  • 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.

  • Required Reserve Account Amount means, with respect to any Distribution Date on or after the Reserve Account Funding Date, an amount equal to (1) 0.50% of the Class A Invested Amount as of the preceding Distribution Date (after giving effect to all changes therein on such date) or (2) any other percentage (which may be 0%) of the Class A Invested Amount designated by the Transferors, provided that if such percentage is less than the percentage specified in clause (1) above, the Transferors shall have received the prior written consent of the Collateral Interest Holder and written notice from each Rating Agency that the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such designation and shall have delivered copies of each such written notice to the Servicer and the Trustee.

  • Liquidity Provider Ratings Event means the Liquidity Provider shall fail to maintain at any time (i) short-term debt ratings in one of the two highest rating categories from the Requisite NRSROs or (ii) such other short-term debt ratings, if any, as may be required for the VRDP Shares to satisfy the eligibility criteria under Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act.

  • Highest Required Investment Category (i) With respect to ratings assigned by Moody’s, “Aa2” or “P-1” for one month instruments, “Aa2” and “P-1” for three month instruments, “Aa3” and “P-1” for six month instruments and “Aa2” and “P-1” for instruments with a term in excess of six months, (ii) with respect to rating assigned by S&P, “A-1” for short-term instruments and “A” for long-term instruments, and (iii) with respect to rating assigned by Fitch (if such investment is rated by Fitch), “F-1+” for short-term instruments and “AAA” for long-term instruments.

  • Required Accumulation Reserve sub-Account Amount means, with respect to any Monthly Period during the Accumulation Reserve Funding Period, an amount equal to (i) 0.5% of the Outstanding Dollar Principal Amount of the Class A(2019-1) Notes as of the close of business on the last day of the preceding Monthly Period or (ii) any other amount designated by the Issuer; provided, however, that if such designation is of a lesser amount, the Note Rating Agencies shall have provided prior written confirmation that a Ratings Effect will not occur with respect to such change.

  • 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.

  • Designated Rating means, for a security or instrument, a rating issued by a designated rating organization, or its DRO affiliate, that is at or above one of the following rating categories, or that is at or above a category that replaces one of the following rating categories, if

  • Extension Minimum Condition means a condition to consummating any Extension that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Request, in the Borrower’s sole discretion) of any or all applicable Classes be submitted for Extension.