Senior Secured Credit Rating definition

Senior Secured Credit Rating means a credit rating of the Borrower by a Rating Agency in the category of “Senior Secured”, as set forth in an annual credit opinion or letter for the Borrower.
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Senior Secured Credit Rating means, as of any date of determination, the ratings of the Borrower’s long-term senior secured debt as determined by Moody’s and S&P; provided that (i) the higher of such Senior Secured Credit Rating shall apply for purposes of determining the Applicable Rate, unless there is a split in Senior Secured Credit Ratings of more than one level, in which case, the Applicable Rate shall be determined with respect to a Senior Secured Credit Rating that is one level higher than the actual lowest of such Senior Secured Credit Ratings (it being understood that Pricing Level I is the highest Pricing Level), and (ii) if either S&P or Moody’s shall change the basis on which ratings are established by it, each reference to the Senior Secured Credit Rating announced by S&P or Moody’s shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P or Moody’s, as the case may be.
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Senior Secured Credit Rating means, as of any date of determination, the ratings of the Borrower’s long-term senior secured debt as determined by Xxxxx’x, Fitch and S&P; provided that (i) if such ratings from Xxxxx’x, Fitch and S&P differ and (x) the rating from two such agencies are in the same Pricing Level (as set forth in the definition of “Applicable Rate”), the Senior Secured Credit Rating of those two agencies shall apply for purposes of determining the Applicable Rate or (y) if the Senior Secured Credit Ratings of the three agencies fall within three different Pricing Levels, the Applicable Rate shall be determined with respect to the Senior Secured Credit Rating that is neither the lowest nor highest of such Senior Secured Credit Ratings (it being understood that Pricing Level I is the highest Pricing Level), (ii) if any of S&P, Fitch or Xxxxx’x shall change the basis on which ratings are established by it, each reference to the Senior Secured Credit Rating announced by S&P, Fitch or Xxxxx’x shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P, or Fitch or Xxxxx’x, as the case may be, (iii) if only one of S&P or Xxxxx’x has a Senior Secured Credit Rating, the rating of such agency shall apply for purposes of determining the Applicable Rate, (iv) if both S&P and Xxxxx’x have Senior Secured Credit Ratings and those are the only ratings in effect, then the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the higher of such ratings and (v) if neither S&P nor Xxxxx’x shall have a Senior Secured Credit Rating, the Applicable Rate shall be set in accordance with Pricing Level 5.
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Examples of Senior Secured Credit Rating in a sentence

  • The Borrower shall have provided evidence satisfactory to the Secretary of its Senior Secured Credit Rating.


More Definitions of Senior Secured Credit Rating

Senior Secured Credit Rating means, as of any date of determination, the ratings of the Borrower’s long-term senior secured debt as determined by Mxxxx’x and S&P; provided that (i) the lower of such Senior Secured Credit Rating shall apply for purposes of determining the Applicable Rate, unless there is a split in Senior Secured Credit Ratings of more than one level, in which case, the Applicable Rate shall be determined with respect to a Senior Secured Credit Rating that is one level higher than the actual lowest of such Senior Secured Credit Ratings, and (ii) if either S&P or Mxxxx’x shall change the basis on which ratings are established by it, each reference to the Senior Secured Credit Rating announced by S&P or Mxxxx’x shall refer to the then equivalent rating by S&P or Mxxxx’x, as the case may be.
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Related to Senior Secured Credit Rating

  • Senior Secured Credit Facility means the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2017 by and among the Company and Western Alliance Bank (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, subject to the limitations herein).

  • Senior Secured Credit Facilities means the revolving credit facility and other credit facilities under the Credit Agreement, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings, refinancings or replacements thereof and any one or more indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that replace, refund, supplement or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof) or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, trustee, lender or group of lenders or holders.

  • Senior Secured Credit Agreement means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2018, among the Borrowers, the lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMCB as administrative agent, JPMCB as collateral agent, and the other parties thereto, as amended, restated, amended, restated, extended, supplemented, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time.

  • Senior Secured Leverage Ratio means, as of the date of determination thereof, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) fiscal quarters then most recently ended.

  • Senior Secured Loan means any interest in a loan, including any assignment of or participation in or other interest in a loan, that (i) is not (and is not expressly permitted by its terms to become) subordinate in right of payment to any obligation of the obligor in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or liquidation proceedings (other than pursuant to a Permitted Working Capital Lien and customary waterfall provisions contained in the applicable loan agreement), (ii) is secured by a pledge of collateral, which security interest is (a) validly perfected and first priority under Applicable Law (subject to liens permitted under the applicable credit agreement that are reasonable for similar loans, and liens accorded priority by law in favor of any Governmental Authority) or (b)(1) validly perfected and second priority in the accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations, deposit accounts, investments accounts and any other assets securing any Working Capital Revolver under Applicable Law and proceeds of any of the foregoing (a first priority lien on such assets a "Permitted Working Capital Lien") and (2) validly perfected and first priority (subject to liens for taxes or regulatory charges and any other liens permitted under the related underlying instruments that are reasonable and customary for similar loans) in all other collateral under Applicable Law, and (iii) the Portfolio Manager determines in good faith that the value of the collateral for such loan (including based on enterprise value) on or about the time of acquisition equals or exceeds the outstanding principal balance of the loan plus the aggregate outstanding balances of all other loans of equal or higher seniority secured by a first priority Lien over the same collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, debtor-in-possession loans and FLLO Loans shall constitute Senior Secured Loans.

  • Senior Secured Parties means the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and any Additional Senior Debt Parties.

  • 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.

  • Senior Secured Debt means Senior Debt that is secured by Liens on any property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

  • Senior Debt Rating means at any date, the credit rating identified by S&P, Fitch or Xxxxx’x as the credit rating which (a) it has assigned to long term senior unsecured debt of the Borrower or (b) it would assign to long term senior unsecured debt of the Borrower were the Borrower to issue or have outstanding any long term senior unsecured debt on such date. For the avoidance of doubt, “Senior Debt Rating” is not the Borrower’s “Corporate/Long-Term Issuer” rating.

  • Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt means any secured Indebtedness issued or incurred by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor in the form of one or more series of Junior Lien secured notes or loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a Junior Lien basis (subject to Liens permitted under Section 9.1) with the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or scheduled payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligation (other than customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayments upon a change of control, asset sale or other Disposition or casualty event or incurrence of indebtedness that is not permitted thereunder and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) prior to the Latest Maturity Date, determined at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (iv) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Collateral Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (v) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiary Guarantors and (vi) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to or otherwise subject to the provisions of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement; provided that if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt incurred by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, then Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Senior Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered a Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.

  • Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Senior Secured Indebtedness on such date to (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date plus (ii) the amount of Specified Non-Recurring Charges taken during the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date.

  • Senior Secured Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination, the principal amount of any Indebtedness for borrowed money that is secured by a Lien.

  • Guarantor Senior Debt shall include the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Obligations of every nature of such Subsidiary Guarantor from time to time owed to the lenders under the Partnership Credit Facility, including, without limitation, principal of and interest on, and all fees, indemnities and expenses payable by such Subsidiary Guarantor under, the Partnership Credit Facility, and (y) in the case of amounts owing by such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Partnership Credit Facility and guarantees of Designated Senior Indebtedness, "Guarantor Senior Debt" shall include interest accruing thereon subsequent to the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in clause (h) or (i) of Section 6.01 relating to such Subsidiary Guarantor, whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed under any applicable Bankruptcy Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Guarantor Senior Indebtedness" shall not include (i) Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes or the Guarantees, (ii) Indebtedness that is expressly subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Subsidiary Guarantor, (iv) Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor to the Partnership or a Subsidiary of the Partnership or any other Affiliate of the Partnership, (v) any trade payables of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and (vi) any Indebtedness which is incurred by such Subsidiary Guarantor in violation of this Indenture.

  • Senior Secured Notes Documents means the Senior Secured Notes Indenture, the Senior Secured Notes Guarantees, the Senior Secured Notes, the Intercreditor Arrangements, any supplemental indenture, any security document relating to the Senior Secured Notes and/or the Senior Secured Notes Indenture and any other document that may be entered into pursuant to any of the foregoing.

  • Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt means any secured Indebtedness issued or incurred by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes or loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or scheduled payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligation (other than customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayments upon a change of control, asset sale or other Disposition, casualty event or incurrence of indebtedness that is not permitted thereunder and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) prior to the Latest Maturity Date determined at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (iv) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Collateral Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (v) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiary Guarantors and (vi) a Senior Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to or otherwise subject to the provisions of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement; provided that if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt incurred by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, then the Borrower, Holdings, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Senior Representative for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered a Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.

  • Senior Secured Notes means the $1,875 million aggregate principal amount of 7.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 of the Borrower including, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, including any senior secured exchange notes issued in lieu thereof.

  • Guarantor Senior Indebtedness means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding under any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy laws whether or not allowable as a claim in such proceeding) on any Indebtedness of any Guarantor (other than as otherwise provided in this definition), whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, and whether at any time owing, actually or contingent, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to any Guarantee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, "Guarantor Senior Indebtedness" shall include (i) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding under any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy law whether or not allowable as a claim in such proceeding) and all other obligations of every nature of any Guarantor from time to time owed to the lenders (or their agent) under the Bank Credit Agreement; provided, however, that any Indebtedness under any refinancing, refunding or replacement of the Bank Credit Agreement shall not constitute Guarantor Senior Indebtedness to the extent that the Indebtedness thereunder is by its express terms subordinate to any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor, (ii) Indebtedness evidenced by any guarantee of the Founders' Notes and (iii) Indebtedness under Interest Rate Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Guarantor Senior Indebtedness" shall not include (i) Indebtedness evidenced by the Guarantees, (ii) Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of any Guarantor, (iii) Indebtedness which when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11 of the United States Code, is without recourse to any Guarantor, (iv) Indebtedness which is represented by Disqualified Equity Interests, (v) any liability for foreign, federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by any Guarantor to the extent such liability constitutes Indebtedness, (vi) Indebtedness of any Guarantor to a Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of the Company or any of such Affiliate's subsidiaries, (vii) Indebtedness evidenced by any guarantee of any Subordinated Indebtedness or Pari Passu Indebtedness, (viii) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of issuance is issued in violation of this Indenture and (ix) Indebtedness owed by any Guarantor for compensation to employees or for services.

  • Senior Secured Note Indenture means the Indenture dated as of November 5, 2009, among the Issuers, the Note Guarantors (as defined therein) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, principal paying agent, transfer agent and registrar, as amended, extended, restructured, renewed, refunded, novated, supplemented, restated, replaced or modified from time to time;

  • 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.

  • Existing Senior Secured Notes means the Borrower’s $800,000,000 8.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2019, issued pursuant to the Existing Senior Secured Notes Indenture.

  • Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio means, for any Measurement Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Net Debt for Borrowed Money to (b) Consolidated EBITDA, in each case for such period.

  • Senior Secured Notes Trustee means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Senior Secured Notes Indenture.

  • Consolidated Senior Secured Debt means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien on any asset or property of any Loan Party.

  • Senior Credit 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.

  • Senior Security Documents means with respect to any Senior Secured Party, the Security Documents that secure the Senior Obligations.

  • Senior Secured Obligations means, (a) with respect to the Term/Notes Priority Collateral, the Second-Priority Lien Obligations and, (b) with respect to the RBL Priority Collateral, the First-Priority Lien Obligations. The First-Priority Lien Obligations shall, collectively, constitute one “Class” of Senior Secured Obligations and the Second-Priority Lien Obligations shall, collectively, constitute a separate “Class” of Senior Secured Obligations.