Secured Debt Rating definition

Secured Debt Rating means, as of any date of determination, the Borrower’s senior secured long term debt rating as determined by each of the Rating Agencies to be in effect as of such date.
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Secured Debt Rating means the Company’s First Mortgage Bond (or equivalent long term secured debt) rating as determined by Standard & Poor’s Corporation and Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., any successor thereof or any other comparable rating service selected by the Company with the prior written consent of the Required Banks. If the Company’s rating is split by the two rating services, the higher of the two ratings shall apply unless the split is by more than one level (i.e. double-split), in which case the median of the two ratings shall apply. In the event that either Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or Standard & Poor’s Corporation shall cease to exist and shall not thereupon be succeeded by a successor entity performing similar functions, or (b) all such corporations (or any such successor entities) shall at any time cease to maintain a rating for the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds or equivalent long term secured debt, the Company, each Bank, and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations promptly thereafter in good faith with a view toward amending this Agreement to provide for an alternate mechanism (including, without limitation, providing for a replacement rating agency and range of ratings of the Company’s First Mortgage Bonds for determining the respective margins (as set forth in Section 4.2) applicable to Eurodollar Loans and Floating Rate Loans so as to achieve, as nearly as possible, the same economic basis for determining such margins as exists on the Effective Date of this Agreement.
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Examples of Secured Debt Rating in a sentence

  • The LIBOR Margin or the Base Rate Margin, as the case may be, shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the date of public announcement of any change in the Company’s First Mortgage Bond or equivalent long term secured debt rating resulting in a change in the Secured Debt Rating.

  • STANDARD & POORS MOODX'X SENIOR SECURED DEBT RATING Senior Secured Debt Rating SPREAD -------------------------- -------------------------- ------ A- A3 100 BBB+ Baa1 110 BBB Baa2 120 BBB- Baa3 130 If a senior secured debt rating is not available from both Standard & Poors and Moodx'x, xx implied senior secured debt rating will be used.

  • The Borrower will notify the Agent and the Banks, promptly upon becoming aware thereof, of any change in the Senior Secured Debt Rating.

  • The applicable fee rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the date of public announcement of any change in the Company’s First Mortgage Bond or equivalent long term secured debt rating which results in a change in the Company’s Secured Debt Rating.

  • The applicable LIBOR Margin and Base Rate Margin shall be determined from the pricing grid attached hereto as Schedule 1 (which is incorporated by this reference) in accordance with the Company’s Secured Debt Rating at the time of such determination.

  • The Company agrees to pay to the Banks that per annum commitment fee for the period from and including the Effective Date to the Termination Date applied to the daily average of the unused amount of the Commitments as shall be determined from time to time from the pricing grid attached hereto as Schedule 1 in accordance with the Company’s Secured Debt Rating then in effect.

  • Annual Senior Secured Debt Rating 100 Section 6.1. Indebtedness 101 Section 6.2. Liens 103 Section 6.3. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions 104 Section 6.4. Investments, Loans and Advances 105 Section 6.5. Mergers; Consolidations; Sales of Assets; Acquisitions 106 Section 6.6. Sale of Assets 108 Section 6.7. Transactions with Affiliates 108 Section 6.8. Business of Holdings and its Subsidiaries 108 Section 6.9. Material Agreements; Constituent Documents 109 Section 6.10.

Related to Secured Debt Rating

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

  • Senior Debt Rating means, at any date, the credit rating identified by a Rating Agency as the credit rating that (a) it has assigned to long term unsecured senior debt of the Borrower or (b) would assign to long term unsecured senior debt of the Borrower were the Borrower to issue or have outstanding any long term unsecured senior debt on such date.

  • Secured Debt Ratio means the ratio of (a) Secured Debt to (b) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are consolidated with the Company for purposes of GAAP (including Indebtedness under the Notes and excluding any Indebtedness of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries which are SBIC Subsidiaries).

  • Debt Ratings 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.

  • Public Debt Rating means, as of any date, the rating that has been most recently announced by any of S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be, for any class of non-credit enhanced long-term senior unsecured debt issued by TMCC 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 Maximum Rate and the Applicable Percentage shall be determined by reference to the available rating; (b) if neither of S&P or Moody’s shall have in effect a Public Debt Rating, the Applicable Maximum Rate and the Applicable Percentage will be set in accordance with Level 4 under the definitions of “Applicable Maximum Rate” and “Applicable Percentage”; (c) if both S&P and Moody’s have established ratings and those ratings shall fall within two different levels, the Applicable Maximum Rate and the Applicable Percentage shall be based upon the higher rating, unless the lower rating is more than one level below the higher rating, in which case the Applicable Maximum Rate and the Applicable Percentage shall be based upon the rating that is one level lower than the higher rating; (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 or system 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.

  • 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.

  • Rating Level means, with respect to any rating agency, each rating subcategory or “notch” of such rating agency , giving effect to pluses and minuses (or similar designations). By way of illustration, BBB+, BBB and BBB- are each separate Rating Levels of S&P.

  • Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio as of any date of determination means, the ratio of (1) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by Liens as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur to (2) the Company’s EBITDA for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

  • Secured Leverage Ratio means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.

  • Consolidated Senior Secured Debt Ratio as of the last day of any period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such period.

  • 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.

  • Secured Debt means Debt secured by any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest of any kind.

  • 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 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.

  • Senior Secured Leverage Ratio means, on any date of determination, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Senior Secured Net Debt on such date to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date; provided that for all purposes of this Agreement, Consolidated EBITDA for purposes of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be determined on a Pro Forma Basis.

  • Credit Rating means the rating assigned by a Rating Agency to the senior unsecured long term Indebtedness of a Person.

  • 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.

  • Funded Debt Ratio means the ratio of (a) Funded Debt to (b) EBITDA.

  • Debt Ratio as at the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt minus Designated Cash Balances on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA.

  • Secured Net Leverage Ratio means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Secured Net Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.

  • First Lien Net Leverage Ratio means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness secured on a first lien basis, net of Unrestricted Cash, as of the last day of such Test Period, to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period.

  • Specified Rating means, for the Class A(2018-1) Notes, Aaa(sf) with respect to Xxxxx’x, AAA(sf) with respect to Standard & Poor’s and AAAsf with respect to Fitch.

  • Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Senior Secured 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.

  • First Lien Leverage Ratio means, on any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period as of such date.

  • Hedge Counterparty Ratings Requirement means (a) either (i) the unsecured, short-term debt obligations of the substitute counterparty (or its Credit Support Provider) are rated at least “A-1” by S&P or (ii) if the substitute counterparty does not have a short-term rating from S&P, the unsecured, long-term senior debt obligations of the substitute counterparty (or its Credit Support Provider) are rated at least “A+” by S&P, (b) either (i) the unsecured, long-term senior debt obligations of such substitute counterparty (or its Credit Support Provider) are rated at least “A1” by Moody’s (and if rated “A1” by Moody’s, such rating is not on watch for possible downgrade to below “A1”) and the unsecured, short-term debt obligations of such substitute counterparty (or its Credit Support Provider) are rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s (and if rated “P-1” by Moody’s, such rating is not on watch for possible downgrade and remaining on watch for possible downgrade), or (ii) if such substitute counterparty (or its Credit Support Provider) does not have a short-term debt rating from Moody’s, the unsecured, long-term senior debt obligations of such substitute counterparty (or its Credit Support Provider) are rated at least “Aa3” by Moody’s (and if rated “Aa3” by Moody’s, such rating is not on watch for possible downgrade to below “Aa3”), and (c) either (i) the unsecured, long-term senior debt obligations of such substitute counterparty (or its Credit Support Provider) are rated at least “A” by Fitch or (ii) the unsecured, short-term debt obligations of such substitute counterparty (or its Credit Support Provider) are rated at least “F1” by Fitch. For the purpose of this definition, no direct or indirect recourse against one or more shareholders of the substitute counterparty (or against any Person in control of, or controlled by, or under common control with, any such shareholder) shall be deemed to constitute a guarantee, security or support of the obligations of the substitute counterparty.

  • Required Deposit Rating means the short-term credit rating of the related entity is at least equal to P-1 by Moody's, A-1+ by Standard & Poor's and F1 by Fitch.