Rating Fee definition

Rating Fee is defined in Section 9.10.
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Rating Fee shall have the meaning given in paragraph 5L.
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Examples of Rating Fee in a sentence

  • Payment of the Rating Fee shall not excuse or cure any Default or Event of Default that may otherwise arise or exist, and such fee shall be in addition to any increased interest payable at any applicable Default Rate and any other amount due in connection with an Event of Default.

  • For purposes of clarity, at any time that both the Rating Fee and Leverage Fee are payable, the aggregate fees payable under this Section 9.12 shall equal 2.00% (200 bps) per annum (0.50% (50 bps) per quarter) as of such last day.

  • For purposes of clarity, at any time that both the Rating Fee and Leverage Fee are payable, the aggregate fees payable under this Section 9.12 shall equal 1.50% (150 bps) per annum (0.375% (37.50 bps) per quarter).

  • The rate per annum on which the Rating Fee is based shall be adjusted effective on the next Business Day following any change in the Company’s Debt Rating.

  • The Rating Fee shall be payable for the period beginning on the first date during the Rating Fee Trigger Period that the Rating Fee Trigger Condition exists, and ending on the date the Debt Rating is restored to Category I (which, for certainty, may be a date after the Rating Fee Trigger Period).

  • For purposes of clarity, at any time that both the Rating Fee and Leverage Fee are payable, the aggregate fees payable under this Section 9.12 shall equal 2.00% (200 bps) per annum (0.50% (50 bps) per quarter).

  • Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant to this paragraph 4E shall be at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, together with interest and the Rating Fee, if any, on such Notes accrued to the date of prepayment.

  • Note Purchase Agreement For purposes of certainty, the Rating Fee may become payable and thereafter cease to be payable under the terms of this Section 9.10 on more than one occasion during the Rating Fee Trigger Period if the required conditions have been met.

  • For purposes of certainty, the Rating Fee may become payable and thereafter cease to be payable under the terms of this Section 9.10 on more than one occasion during the Rating Fee Trigger Period if the required conditions have been met.

  • Pricing Grid Debt Rating Rating Fee I BBB or higher 0.0% per annum II BBB- .25% (25 bps) per annum III Lower than BBB- (or no Debt Rating) 1.25% (125 bps) per annum The Rating Fee shall be paid by the Company in arrears within 5 Business Days following the end of each fiscal quarter for which such fee is payable pursuant to this Section 9.10.

Related to Rating Fee

  • Rating Date means the date which is 90 days prior to the earlier of (i) a Change in Control and (ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change in Control or of the intention of the Company to effect a Change in Control.

  • Rating period means the calendar period for which premium rates established by a small employer carrier are assumed to be in effect.

  • Rating Downgrade means either:

  • Rating Event means the rating on the Notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (b) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided that a Rating Event will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if each Rating Agency making the reduction in rating does not publicly announce or confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the request of the Company that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

  • 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”.

  • Rating Decline means a decrease in the rating of the Notes by either Xxxxx’x or S&P by one or more gradations (including gradations within Rating Categories as well as between Rating Categories). In determining whether the rating of the Notes has decreased by one or more gradations, gradations within Rating Categories, namely + or – for S&P, and 1, 2, and 3 for Xxxxx’x, will be taken into account; for example, in the case of S&P, a rating decline either from BB+ to BB or BB- to B+ will constitute a decrease of one gradation.

  • Return Amount has the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(b).

  • Appraisal Reduction Amount shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Servicing Agreement or such other analogous term used in the Servicing Agreement.

  • 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”.

  • 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.

  • Reduction Amount has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(viii).

  • 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.

  • Credit Support Amount has the meaning specified in Paragraph 3.

  • Rating Agency Discount Factor means the Fitch Discount Factor (if Fitch is then rating Preferred Shares) or an Other Rating Agency Discount Factor, whichever is applicable.

  • Fitch Credit Support Amount means, for any Valuation Date, the excess, if any, of:

  • Liquidity Ratio means the ratio of (a) the aggregate amount of unrestricted and unencumbered cash and Cash Equivalents of Borrower maintained with Bank to (b) aggregate outstanding Obligations of Borrower to Bank.

  • 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.

  • Ratings Spread means, with respect to an SRP Calculation Period, the percentage per annum set forth below opposite the highest applicable credit rating assigned to the VRDP Shares, unless the lowest applicable rating is below A3/A-, in which case the Ratings Spread shall mean the percentage per annum set forth below opposite the lowest applicable credit rating assigned to the VRDP Shares by Moody’s, Fitch or any Other Rating Agency, in each case rating the VRDP Shares at the request of the Fund, on the SRP Calculation Date for such SRP Calculation Period:

  • Investment Grade Credit Rating means (i) a Credit Rating of Baa3 or higher given by Xxxxx’x, (ii) a Credit Rating of BBB- or higher given by S&P or (iii) a Credit Rating of BBB- or higher given by Fitch.

  • Rating Point means the V&H coordinates associated with a particular telephone number for rating purposes.

  • Applicable Rating Level at any time and for any Borrower shall be determined in accordance with the then-applicable S&P Rating and the then-applicable Xxxxx’x Rating for such Borrower as follows: S&P Rating/Xxxxx’x Rating Applicable Rating Level S&P Rating A or higher or Xxxxx’x Rating A2 or higher 1 S&P Rating A- or higher or Xxxxx’x Rating A3 or higher 2 S&P Rating BBB+ or Xxxxx’x Rating Baa1 3 S&P Rating BBB or Xxxxx’x Rating Baa2 4 S&P Rating BBB- or Xxxxx’x Rating Baa3 5 S&P Rating BB+ or below or Xxxxx’x Rating Ba1 or below, or no S&P Rating or Xxxxx’x Rating 6 The Applicable Rating Level for any Borrower and for any day shall be determined based upon the higher of the S&P Rating and the Xxxxx’x Rating for such Borrower 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 of such ratings shall control, unless (i) the ratings differ by more than one level, in which case the rating one level below the higher of the two ratings shall control, or (ii) either rating is below BBB- or Baa3 (as applicable), in which case the lower of the two ratings shall control.

  • S&P Credit Support Amount means, for any Valuation Date, the excess, if any, of:

  • FX Reduction Amount is defined in Section 2.1.3.

  • Applicable Liquidity Rate has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(g).