Capital Securities means undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust which rank pari passu with Common Securities issued by the Trust; provided, however, that upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the Declaration), the rights of holders of such Common Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights of holders of such Capital Securities.
Hybrid Preferred Securities means any preferred securities issued by a Hybrid Preferred Securities Subsidiary, where such preferred securities have the following characteristics:
Senior Subordinated Notes means the Borrower’s 9.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014, in an original aggregate principal amount of $225,000,000.
Senior Securities means senior securities (as such term is defined and determined pursuant to the Investment Company Act and any orders of the SEC issued to the Borrower thereunder).
Preferred Securities has the meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture.
Preferred Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests in such Person which are entitled to preference or priority over any other Equity Interest in such Person in respect of the payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation or both.
Senior Subordinated Indebtedness means the Notes and any other Indebtedness of the Company that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to rank pari passu with the Notes in right of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of the Company which is not Senior Indebtedness.
Parity Securities has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.02(b) of this Agreement.
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital means common equity tier 1 capital (or any equivalent or successor term) of, as the case may be, the Issuer or the Group, in each case as calculated by the Issuer in accordance with CRD IV requirements and any applicable transitional arrangements under CRD IV;
Existing Subordinated Notes means any instrument or loan issued or incurred before 1 January 2013, whether publicly or privately placed, ranking or expressed to be ranking pari passu with all other subordinated obligations (except for those subordinated obligations expressed by their terms to rank junior), provided that should any such Existing Subordinated Notes be amended in any way (contractually or by statute) which would result in allowing the Issuer to issue subordinated notes ranking senior thereto, then such Subordinated Notes would be deemed to no longer constitute an Existing Subordinated Note. As a result, in the event of liquidation or bankruptcy of the Issuer or in the event of a Moratorium (as defined in Condition 3 of the Conditions of the Notes) with respect to the Issuer, the claims of the holders of the Subordinated Notes ("Subordinated Noteholders") against the Issuer will be: