Substitute Rating Agency definition

Substitute Rating Agency means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company).

Substitute Rating Agency means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s board of directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.

Substitute Rating Agency means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer) as a replacement agency for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or all of them, as the case may be.

Examples of Substitute Rating Agency in a sentence

• Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be responsible for monitoring the rating status of the Company, making any request upon any of the Rating Agencies or any Substitute Rating Agency, or determining whether any Rating Event has occurred.

• Each adjustment required by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above, whether occasioned by the action of Moody’s, S&P or any Substitute Rating Agency, shall be made independent of (and in addition to) any and all other adjustments.

• The interest rate payable on the Notes will be subject to adjustment from time to time if either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating Agency) downgrades (or subsequently upgrades) its rating assigned to the Notes, as set forth below.

• The interest rate on the Notes will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment described above (notwithstanding any subsequent decrease in the ratings by either Interest Rate Rating Agency) if the Notes become rated “Baa1” or higher by Moody’s (or its equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency) and “BBB+” or higher by S&P (or its equivalent if with respect to any Substitute Rating Agency), in each case with a stable or positive outlook.

• For so long as only one of Moody’s or S&P provides a rating of the Senior Notes and no Substitute Rating Agency is offered to replace the other Rating Agency, any subsequent increase or decrease in the interest rate of the Senior Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in the rating by the agency providing the rating shall be twice the percentage set forth in the applicable table above.

More Definitions of Substitute Rating Agency

Substitute Rating Agency means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of the Exchange Act engaged by the Parent Guarantor to provide a rating of the Securities in the event that any of S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, or any other Substitute Rating Agency, has ceased to provide a rating of the Securities for any reason other than as a result of any action or inaction by the Parent Guarantor, and as a result thereof there are no longer two Rating Agencies providing ratings of the Securities.

Substitute Rating Agency means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as that term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors delivered to the Trustee) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P Global Ratings, or both of them, as the case may be.

Substitute Rating Agency means a Rating Agency selected by UBS Warburg LLC and Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, or their respective affiliates and successors, after consultation with the Trust, to act as the substitute Rating Agency to determine the credit ratings of the APS.

Substitute Rating Agency means, in the Company’s discretion at any time and from time to time, Fitch, Inc. or any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Company (as certified to the Trustee by a resolution of the Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or either of them, as the case may be.

Substitute Rating Agency means a Rating Agency selected by UBS Warburg LLC or its affiliates and successors, after consultation with the Trust, to act as the substitute Rating Agency to determine the credit ratings of the APS.

Substitute Rating Agency means any rating agency of international standing substituted for the Rating Agency by the Issuer from time to time with the prior written approval of the Trustee, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed;

Substitute Rating Agency means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.