Interest Rate Agreement means with respect to any Person any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement as to which such Person is party or a beneficiary.
Interest Rate Cap Agreement means, as applicable, an Interest Rate Cap Agreement (together with the confirmation and schedules relating thereto) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender between Borrower and an Acceptable Counterparty or a Replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement.
Interest Rate Contract means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate floor agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate option or any other agreement regarding the hedging of interest rate risk exposure executed in connection with hedging the interest rate exposure of any Person and any confirming letter executed pursuant to such agreement, all as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Interest Rate Swap Agreement means the agreement(s) (including any further replacement agreements) entered into between the Guarantor LP and the Interest Rate Swap Provider(s) in the form of an ISDA Master Agreement, as the same may be amended, varied, supplemented, restated or extended from time to time, including a schedule and confirmations in relation to each Tranche or Series of Covered Bonds;
Interest Rate Hedge Agreement means any swap, cap, collar, forward purchase or similar agreements or arrangements entered into by a Borrower or one of its Affiliates in connection with the Loan Facility for the sole purpose of reducing a Borrower’s exposure to interest rate risk and not for speculative purposes.
Replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement means an interest rate cap agreement from an Acceptable Counterparty with terms identical to the Interest Rate Cap Agreement except that the same shall be effective in connection with replacement of the Interest Rate Cap Agreement following a downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the long-term unsecured debt rating of the Counterparty; provided that to the extent any such interest rate cap agreement does not meet the foregoing requirements, a “Replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement” shall be such interest rate cap agreement approved in writing by each of the Rating Agencies and Lender with respect thereto.
Interest Rate Cap Provider if any, shall mean the entity listed as the Interest Rate Cap Provider in the Series Term Sheet, in its capacity as obligor under the Class Interest Rate Caps, or if any Replacement Class Interest Rate Caps or Qualified Substitute Cap Arrangements are obtained pursuant to Section 15, the obligor with respect to such Replacement Class Interest Rate Caps or Qualified Substitute Cap Arrangements.
Interest Rate Hedging Agreement means any interest rate protection agreement or other interest rate hedging arrangement.
Interest Rate Contracts means all interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and interest rate insurance.
Interest Hedge Agreement means an interest rate protection agreement that may be entered into between the Borrower and an Interest Hedge Counterparty on or after the Closing Date, for the sole purpose of hedging interest rate risk between the portfolio of Collateral Loans and the Loans, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, with respect to which the Rating Condition is satisfied.
Interest Rate Agreements means one or more of the following agreements which shall be entered into by one or more financial institutions: interest rate protection agreements (including, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements) and/or other types of interest rate hedging agreements from time to time.
Secured Swap Agreement means a Swap Agreement between (a) any Loan Party and (b) a Secured Swap Provider.
Interest Rate Protection Agreement means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.
Interest Rate Swap means any interest rate swap transaction entered into pursuant to the Agreement between Party A and Party B as evidenced by a Confirmation;
Interest Rate Cap Payment (a) With respect to the Group II Class A Certificates, beginning on the first Distribution Date and continuing through the immediately succeeding 35 Distribution Dates thereafter, the amount, if any, equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) the one-month LIBOR rate as of the related reset date under the Group II Class A Cap Agreement and (B) the applicable cap ceiling rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, over the applicable cap strike rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, calculated on an "actual/360" basis, and (ii) the applicable Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 notional amount set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date; (b) with respect to the Class M Certificates, beginning on the first Distribution Date and continuing through the immediately succeeding 43 Distribution Dates thereafter, the amount, if any, equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) the one-month LIBOR rate as of the related reset date under the Class M Cap Agreement and (B) the applicable cap ceiling rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, over the applicable cap strike rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, calculated on an "actual/360" basis, and (ii) the applicable Class M-1, Class M-2 and Class M-3 notional amount set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date; and (c) with respect to the Class B Certificates, beginning on the first Distribution Date and continuing through the immediately succeeding 43 Distribution Dates thereafter, the amount, if any, equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) the one-month LIBOR rate as of the related reset date under the Class B Cap Agreement and (B) the applicable cap ceiling rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, over the applicable cap strike rate set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, calculated on an "actual/360" basis, and (ii) the applicable Class B-1, Class B-2 and Class B-3 notional amount set forth on Schedule A to such Interest Rate Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date.
Interest Rate Cap means any interest rate cap transaction entered into pursuant to the Agreement between Party A and Party B as evidenced by a Confirmation;
Cap Agreement means any interest rate cap agreement, interest rate swap agreement or other interest rate-hedging contract or agreement, in a form acceptable to Lender, obtained by Borrower from a Cap Provider as a requirement of any Loan Document or as a condition of Lender’s making the Loan.
Swap Agreement means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
Interest Rate Hedge means an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or similar agreements entered into by any Loan Party in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, such Loan Party of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.
Secured Rate Contract means any Rate Contract between Borrower and the counterparty thereto, which (i) has been provided or arranged by GE Capital or an Affiliate of GE Capital, or (ii) Agent has acknowledged in writing constitutes a “Secured Rate Contract” hereunder.
Periodic Interest Rate Cap As to each adjustable rate Mortgage Loan, the maximum increase or decrease in the Mortgage Interest Rate on any Adjustment Date pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Note.
Interest Swap and Hedging Obligation means any obligation of any Person pursuant to any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate exchange agreement, currency exchange agreement or any other agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency values, including, without limitation, any arrangement whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a fixed or floating rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such Person calculated by applying a fixed or floating rate of interest on the same notional amount.
Mortgage Interest Rate Cap With respect to an Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan, the limit on each Mortgage Interest Rate adjustment as set forth in the related Mortgage Note.
Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge means an Interest Rate Hedge which is provided by PNC or any Affiliate of PNC that: (a) is documented in a standard International Swap Dealers Association, Inc. Master Agreement or another reasonable and customary manner; (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable amount of the provider’s credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner; and (c) is entered into for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes. The liabilities owing to the provider of any Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge (the “Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities”) by any Borrower, Guarantor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries that is party to such Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge shall, for purposes of this Agreement and all Other Documents be “Obligations” of such Person and of each other Borrower and Guarantor, be guaranteed obligations under any Guaranty and secured obligations under any Guarantor Security Agreement, as applicable, and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes of the Other Documents, except to the extent constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of such Person. The Liens securing the Hedge Liabilities shall be pari passu with the Liens securing all other Obligations under this Agreement and the Other Documents, subject to the express provisions of Section 11.5 hereof.
Secured Swap Provider means (i) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (or a Person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time of execution and delivery of a Rate Contract) who has entered into a Secured Rate Contract with Borrower, or (ii) a Person with whom Borrower has entered into a Secured Rate Contract provided or arranged by GE Capital or an Affiliate of GE Capital, and any assignee thereof.
Hedging Agreement Provider means any Person that enters into a Hedging Agreement with a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is permitted hereunder to the extent such Person is a (a) Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) any other Person that was a Lender (or an Affiliate of a Lender) at the time it entered into the Hedging Agreement but has ceased to be a Lender (or whose Affiliate has ceased to be a Lender) under the Credit Agreement.