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.
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.
Debt Ratings has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Rate.”
Debt Rating has the meaning specified in the definition of “Applicable Rate.”
Public Debt means any Indebtedness consisting of bonds, debentures, notes or other similar debt securities issued in (1) a public offering registered under the Securities Act or (2) a private placement to institutional investors that is underwritten for resale in accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, whether or not it includes registration rights entitling the holders of such debt securities to registration thereof with the SEC for public resale.
Index Debt Rating means the S&P Rating, the Xxxxx’x Rating and the Fitch Rating.
Corporate Rating an opinion issued by S&P of an obligor’s overall financial capacity (its creditworthiness) to pay its financial obligations.
Investment Grade Securities means:
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.
Capital Markets Indebtedness means any Indebtedness consisting of bonds, debentures, notes or other similar debt securities issued in (a) a public offering registered under the Securities Act, (b) a private placement to institutional investors that is resold in accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, whether or not it includes registration rights entitling the holders of such debt securities to registration thereof with the SEC or (c) a private placement to institutional investors. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Capital Markets Indebtedness” does not include any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, Indebtedness incurred in connection with a sale and leaseback transaction, Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company, Capital Lease Obligations or recourse transfer of any financial asset or any other type of Indebtedness incurred in a manner not customarily viewed as a “securities offering.”
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.
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.
Capital Market Indebtedness means any obligation for the payment of borrowed money which is, in the form of, or represented or evidenced by bonds, or other instruments which are, or are capable of being, listed, quoted, dealt in or traded on any stock exchange or in any organised market and any guarantee or other indemnity in respect of such obligation; and
Mxxxx’x Rating means, with respect to a Reference Obligation, as of any date of determination:
Senior ABL Facility shall include any agreement (i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount of Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering the terms and conditions thereof.
High Yield Securities means debt Securities and Preferred Stock, in each case (a) issued by public or private issuers, (b) issued pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereunder) or other exemption to the Securities Act and (c) that are not Cash Equivalents, Mezzanine Investments or Bank Loans.
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”.
Second Lien Notes Documents means the Second Lien Notes, the Second Lien Notes Indenture, the Second Lien Notes Security Documents and all other documents executed and delivered with respect to the Second Lien Notes or Second Lien Notes Indenture, as in effect on the Effective Date and as the same may be amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
Moody’s means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
Investment Grade Rating Date means the date on which the Borrower first obtains an Investment Grade Rating.
Approved Ratings Threshold means each of the S&P Approved Ratings Threshold and the Moody’s First Trigger Ratings Threshold.
Notes Documents means this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees and the Collateral Documents.
Senior Net Leverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Senior 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.
S&P Global Ratings means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global.
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”.
Ratings As of any date of determination, the ratings, if any, of the Certificates as assigned by the Rating Agencies.