Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments means (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any State thereof having maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition and (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year after its creation and having the highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments means (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any State thereof having maturities of not more than one (1) year from the date of acquisition, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year after its creation and having the highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., (iii) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or banker’s acceptances of, any commercial bank that (x) is organized under the laws of the United States or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States and is a member of the Federal Reserve System and (y) has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than one (1) year from the date of acquisition, and (iv) any money market funds at least ninety-five percent (95%) of the assets of which constitute investments of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above.
Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments means (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any State thereof having maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition, (ii) time deposits or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances having maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition maintained with any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year after its creation and having the highest or second highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and (iv) Investments in money market investment programs administered by reputable financial institutions, the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and maturity described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii).
Examples of Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments in a sentence
Subject to Section 8.17(d) and (f), the Obligors shall at all times maintain the Minimum Liquidity Amount in cash and/or Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments in one or more Controlled Accounts that is free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens granted under the Loan Documents in favor of the Administrative Agent and Liens permitted under Section 9.02(i) or Section 9.02(s).
More Definitions of Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments
Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments means (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any State thereof having maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition, (b) commercial paper with an average maturity of no more than one (1) year and having the highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., (c) any money market funds or other investment vehicles whose principal investments are in investments described in clauses (a) or (b) and (d) certificates of deposit maturing no more than one (1) year after issue.
Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments means (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any member states of the European Union or any agency or any state thereof having maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than three hundred sixty five (365) days after the date of acquisition thereof and having the highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., (c) certificates of deposit maturing no more than two (2) years after issue that are issued by any bank organized under the Laws of the United States, or any state thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having, at the date of acquisition thereof, combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000, (d) any money market or similar funds that exclusively hold any of the foregoing, and (e) other short term liquid investments approved in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments means (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any member states of the European Union or any agency or any state thereof having maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than three-hundred sixty-five (365) days after the date of acquisition thereof and having the highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., (iii) certificates of deposit maturing no more than one (1) year after issue that are issued by any bank organized under the Laws of the United States, or any state thereof, or the District of Columbia, or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having, at the date of acquisition thereof, combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000, (iv) any money market or similar funds that exclusively hold any of the foregoing, and (v) any other short term liquid investments approved in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments means (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any State thereof having maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year after its creation and having a rating of at least “A-1” from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or at least “P-1” from Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., (iii) any Dollar-denominated time deposit, insured certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit or bankers’ acceptance issued or accepted by (a) any Lender or (b) any commercial bank that is (I) organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (II) “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulators) and (III) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) in excess of $250,000,000, (iv) shares of any United States money market fund that (a) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, (b) has net assets in excess of $500,000,000 and (c) has obtained from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. the highest rating obtainable for money market funds in the United States and (v) investments by any Foreign Subsidiaries in any foreign equivalents of the investments described in clauses (i) through (iii) above, provided that, (a) investments described in this clause (v) by any Foreign Subsidiary shall be limited to (I) securities issued by a country that is a member nation of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development or by issuers formed under the laws of such a country, or (II) in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries operating in countries that are not member nations of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, investments customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in such jurisdictions in the ordinary course of business of such corporations and (b) in the case of investments equivalent to clause (i), the issuer has an investment grade sovereign debt rating from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments means (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any State thereof having maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year after its creation and having the highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., (iii) any certificate of deposit, time deposit or bankers’ acceptance, maturing not more than two (2) years after its date of issuance, which is issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States (or any state thereof) and which has (x) a credit rating of A2 or higher from Moody’s or A or higher from S&P and (y) a combined capital and surplus greater than Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000), and (iv) any publicly traded or SEC regulated money market funds or other investment vehicles holding any of the foregoing Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments.
Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments means (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any State thereof having maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year after its creation and having the highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., and (c) Investments permitted by Parent Guarantor’s investment policy in effect on the Closing Date hereof, as amended from time to time, provided that such amendment thereto has been approved in writing by the Administrative Agent.
Permitted Cash Equivalent Investments means (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency or any State thereof having maturities of not more than two (2) years from the date of acquisition, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year after its creation and having the highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., (c) Dollar-denominated time deposits, insured certificates of deposit, overnight bank deposits or bankers’ acceptances issued or accepted by any commercial bank that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and (d) money market funds publicly traded or regulated by a Governmental Authority at least ninety five percent (95%) of the assets of which are invested in cash equivalents of the type described in clauses (a) through (c) above.