Tier-4 Obligor definition

Tier-4 Obligor means, subject to Section 8.5(b), any Obligor (other than a Tier-1 Obligor, a Tier-2 Obligor or a Tier-3 Obligor) that (a) has a short-term unsecured debt rating from each Rating Agency of at least "A-3" or "D-3", if such Obligor's short-term unsecured debt is rated by such Rating Agency, or (b) (x) has no short-term unsecured debt rating from any Rating Agency and (y) has a long-term unsecured debt rating from each Rating Agency of at least "BBB-", if such Obligor's long-term unsecured debt is rated by such Rating Agency.
Tier-4 Obligor means any Obligor (other than a Tier-1 Obligor, a Tier-2 Obligor or a Tier-3 Obligor) that has (a) a commercial paper rating from the Specified Rating Agencies of at least "A-3" (or its equivalent) or (b) a senior actual or implied debt rating from the Specified Rating Agencies of at least "BBB-" (or its equivalent), provided that if such Obligor has both a commercial paper rating from the Specified Rating Agencies and a senior actual or implied debt rating from the Specified Rating Agencies, such Obligor must have a commercial paper rating from the Specified Rating Agencies of at least "A-3" (or its equivalent) and a senior actual or implied debt rating from the Specified Rating Agencies of at least "BBB-" (or its equivalent) to be a Tier-4 Obligor.
Tier-4 Obligor means, subject to the following paragraph, any Obligor other than a Tier-1 Obligor, Tier-2 Obligor or Tier-3 Obligor. With respect to the definitions of Tier-1 Obligor, Tier-2 Obligor, Tier-3 Obligor and Tier-4 Obligor, if an Obligor has no short-term or long-term unsecured debt rating from S&P, and such Obligor does have a short-term or long-term unsecured debt rating from Xxxxx’x, then: (A) Xxxxx’x shall be deemed to be a Rating Agency with respect to such Obligor for purposes of the short-term and long-term unsecured debt ratings set forth in such definitions and (B) (1) if the short-term unsecured indebtedness of such Obligor is rated “P-1” by Xxxxx’x and the long-term unsecured indebtedness of such Obligor is rated at least “Aa3” by Xxxxx’x, then the short-term unsecured debt rating relating to S&P set forth in such definition shall be deemed to be not less than “A-1” by S&P, and (2) except as provided in clause (1), any short-term or long-term unsecured debt rating category relating to S&P set forth in such definitions shall be deemed to be a corresponding rating from Xxxxx’x which is one subcategory below the applicable short-term or long-term unsecured rating category relating to S&P, if the ratings with respect to any Obligor are split, the lower of such rating will control whether such Obligor is a Tier-1 Obligor, a Tier-2 Obligor, a Tier-3 Obligor or a Tier-4 Obligor.

More Definitions of Tier-4 Obligor

Tier-4 Obligor means any Obligor (other than a Tier-1 Obligor, a Tier-2 Obligor or a Tier-3 Obligor) that has (a) a commercial paper rating from the Specified Rating Agency of at least "A-3" (or its equivalent) or (b) a senior actual or implied debt rating from the Specified Rating Agency of at least "BBB-" (or its equivalent), provided that if such Obligor has both a commercial paper rating from the Specified Rating Agency and a senior actual or implied debt rating from the Specified Rating Agency, such Obligor must have a commercial paper rating from the Specified Rating Agency of at least "A-3" (or its equivalent) and a senior actual or implied debt rating from the Specified Rating Agency of at least "BBB-" (or its equivalent) to be a Tier-4 Obligor.
Tier-4 Obligor means any Obligor (other than a Tier-1 Obligor, a Tier-2 Obligor or a Tier-3 Obligor) (i) that has a commercial paper rating from the Standard & Poor's Rating Group of at least A-3 or (ii) that does not have a commercial paper rating of at least A-3 but does have a senior actual or implied debt rating from Standard & Poor's Rating Group of at least BBB-.
Tier-4 Obligor means any Obligor (other than a Tier-1 Obligor, a Tier-2 Obligor or a Tier-3 Obligor) (i) that has a commercial paper rating from the Rating Agency of A-3 or (ii) that does not have a commercial paper rating but does have a senior actual or implied debt rating from the Rating Agency of at least BBB-.

Related to Tier-4 Obligor

  • Group B Obligor means an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) that is not a Group A Obligor and that has a short-term rating of at least: (a) “A-2” by Standard & Poor’s or, if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poor’s, a rating of “BBB+” or better by Standard & Poor’s on such Obligor’s (or, if applicable, its parent’s or its majority owner’s) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) “P-2” by Moody’s or, if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moody’s, a rating of “Baal” or better by Moody’s on such Obligor’s (or, if applicable, its parent’s or its majority owner’s) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided, that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) receives a split rating from Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to have the lower of the two ratings; provided, further, that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) is rated by either Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s, but not both, and satisfies either clause (a) or clause (b) above, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to be a Group C Obligor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Obligor that is a Subsidiary or Affiliate of an Obligor that satisfies the definition of “Group B Obligor” shall be deemed to be a Group B Obligor and shall be aggregated with the Obligor that satisfies such definition for the purposes of clause (a) of the definition of “Excess Concentration” for such Obligors, unless such deemed Obligor separately satisfies the definition of “Group A Obligor”, “Group B Obligor”, or “Group C Obligor”, in which case such Obligor shall be separately treated as a Group A Obligor, a Group B Obligor or a Group C Obligor, as the case may be, and shall be aggregated and combined for such purposes with any of its Subsidiaries that are Obligors.

  • Group A Obligor means any Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such Obligor is not rated) with a short-term rating of at least: (a) “A-1” by S&P, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from S&P, a rating of “A+” or better by S&P on such Obligor’s, its parent’s, or its majority owner’s (as applicable) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, or (b) “P-1” by Moody’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moody’s, “Al” or better by Moody’s on such Obligor’s, its parent’s or its majority owner’s (as applicable) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided, that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such Obligor is not rated) receives a split rating from S&P and Moody’s, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to have only the lower of the two rating for the purpose of determining whether such rating satisfies clauses (a) or (b) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Obligor that is a Subsidiary of an Obligor that satisfies the definition of “Group A Obligor” shall be deemed to be a Group A Obligor and shall be aggregated with the Obligor that satisfies such definition for the purposes of determining the “Concentration Reserve Percentage”, the “Concentration Reserve” and clause (a) of the definition of “Excess Concentration” for such Obligors, unless such deemed Obligor separately satisfies the definition of “Group A Obligor”, “Group B Obligor”, or “Group C Obligor”, in which case such Obligor shall be separately treated as a Group A Obligor, a Group B Obligor or a Group C Obligor, as the case may be, and shall be aggregated and combined for such purposes with any of its Subsidiaries that are Obligors.

  • Group D Obligor means any Obligor that is not a Group A Obligor, Group B Obligor or Group C Obligor.

  • Group C Obligor means an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such Obligor is not rated) that is not a Group A Obligor or a Group B Obligor, with a short-term rating of at least: (a) “A-3” by S&P, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from S&P, a rating of “BBB-” to “BBB” by S&P on such Obligor’s, its parent’s or it’s majority owner’s (as applicable) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, or (b) “P-3” by Moody’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moody’s, “Baa3” to “Baa2” by Moody’s on such Obligor’s, its parent’s or its majority owner’s (as applicable) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided, that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such Obligor is not rated) receives a split rating from S&P and Moody’s, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to have only the lower of the two rating for the purpose of determining whether such rating satisfies clauses (a) or (b) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Obligor that is a Subsidiary of an Obligor that satisfies the definition of “Group C Obligor” shall be deemed to be a Group C Obligor and shall be aggregated with the Obligor that satisfies such definition for the purposes of determining the “Concentration Reserve Percentage”, the “Concentration Reserve” and clause (a) of the definition of “Excess Concentration” for such Obligors, unless such deemed Obligor separately satisfies the definition of “Group A Obligor”, “Group B Obligor”, or “Group C Obligor”, in which case such Obligor shall be separately treated as a Group A Obligor, a Group B Obligor or a Group C Obligor, as the case may be, and shall be aggregated and combined for such purposes with any of its Subsidiaries that are Obligors.

  • U.S. Obligor means an Obligor that is a corporation or other business organization and is organized under the laws of the United States of America (or of a United States of America territory, district, state, commonwealth, or possession, including, without limitation, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) or any political subdivision thereof.

  • Original Obligor means an Original Borrower or an Original Guarantor.

  • Additional Obligor means an Additional Borrower or an Additional Guarantor.

  • Eligible Foreign Obligor means a Foreign Obligor whose head office (domicile), registered office and chief executive office is in a country that is not a Sanctioned Country.

  • Foreign Obligor means a Loan Party that is a Foreign Subsidiary.

  • Specified Obligor an Obligor that is not then an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 5.11).

  • Obligor on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the indenture securities. All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

  • Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiary means a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower established in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing for the acquisition of Receivables Assets or interests therein, and which is organized in a manner intended to reduce the likelihood that it would be substantively consolidated with Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Receivables Subsidiaries) in the event Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary becomes subject to a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or other insolvency law).

  • Eligible Credit Card Receivables means at the time of any determination thereof, each Credit Card Receivable that satisfies the following criteria at the time of creation and continues to meet the same at the time of such determination: such Credit Card Receivable (i) has been earned by performance and represents the bona fide amounts due to a Borrower from a credit card payment processor and/or credit card issuer, and in each case originated in the ordinary course of business of such Borrower, and (ii) is not ineligible for inclusion in the calculation of the Borrowing Base pursuant to any of clauses (a) through (k) below. Without limiting the foregoing, to qualify as an Eligible Credit Card Receivable, an Account shall indicate no Person other than a Borrower as payee or remittance party. In determining the amount to be so included, the face amount of an Account shall be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that a Borrower may be obligated to rebate to a customer, a credit card payment processor, or credit card issuer pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by the Loan Parties to reduce the amount of such Credit Card Receivable. Any Credit Card Receivables meeting the foregoing criteria shall be deemed Eligible Credit Card Receivables but only as long as such Credit Card Receivable is not included within any of the following categories, in which case such Credit Card Receivable shall not constitute an Eligible Credit Card Receivable:

  • Designated Obligor means an Obligor indicated by Agent to Seller in writing.

  • Eligible Unbilled Receivable means, at any time, any Unbilled Receivable if (a) the related Originator has recognized the related revenue on its financial books and records under GAAP, and (b) not more than thirty (30) days have expired since the date such Unbilled Receivable arose.

  • Credit Card Receivables means each “payment intangible” (as defined in the UCC) together with all income, payments and proceeds thereof, owed by a Credit Card Issuer or Credit Card Processor to a Loan Party resulting from charges by a customer of a Loan Party on credit or debit cards issued by such Credit Card Issuer in connection with the sale of goods by a Loan Party, or services performed by a Loan Party, in each case in the ordinary course of its business.

  • Excluded Obligor means an Obligor so designated in writing as such by the Agent or the Majority Purchasers in a notice to the Seller in good faith and in the Agent’s or the Majority Purchasers’ reasonable judgment relating to credit considerations from time to time, it being understood that from time to time such designation may be revoked by written notice to the Seller.

  • Eligible Account Receivable means an Account Receivable owing to the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary which meets the following requirements:

  • Secondary obligor means an obligor to the extent that:

  • the Group means the Company and its subsidiary undertakings (if any); and

  • Significant Obligor shall have the meaning set forth in Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB under the Securities Act.

  • Eligible Accounts Receivable means, at any time, the invoice value of Canadian Dollar and U.S. Dollar Accounts Receivable (net of all goods and services Taxes, harmonized sales Taxes and other sales Taxes and net of any credit balance, returns, trade discounts, unapplied cash, unbilled amount or retention or finance charges) owing to the Restricted Parties (or any of them) arising under any sales of Inventory from the operation of the business of the Restricted Parties made by the Restricted Parties to any Person in the ordinary course of business, which invoice value shall be periodically reported to the Lender in the form of Schedule “B” to be delivered (i) at the time of each Drawdown during the Covenant Holiday Period, if at the time of such Drawdown there is no principal amount outstanding under any Prime Rate Loans, Base Rate Loans, CDOR Loans, and there are no outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances or Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit issued under the Credit Facility that are fully secured with cash collateral provided by a Restricted Party to the Lender), and (ii) within fifteen days after the end of each calendar month during the Covenant Holiday Period, if during such month any Prime Rate Loans, Base Rate Loans, CDOR Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit issued under the Credit Facility that are fully secured with cash collateral provided by a Restricted Party to the Lender) are outstanding; provided that no Account Receivable shall be deemed an Eligible Account Receivable unless each of the following statements is accurate and complete (and by including such Account Receivable in any calculation of the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant to the Lender the accuracy and completeness of such statements):

  • Group Subordinate Amount For a Mortgage Pool and any Distribution Date; the excess of (a) the Pool Principal Balance of such Mortgage Pool for the immediately preceding Distribution Date, over (b) the aggregate Class Certificate Balance of the Senior Certificates of the related Certificate Group immediately prior to that Distribution Date. Index: Not applicable.

  • the obligors on a note means "the obligor or obligors on a note"). "Until [something occurs]" does not imply that it must occur, and will not be modified by the word "unless." The word "due" and the word "payable" are each used in the sense that the stated time for payment has passed. The word "accrued" is used in its accounting sense, i.e., an amount paid is no longer accrued. In the calculation of amounts of things, differences and sums may generally result in negative numbers, but when the calculation of the excess of one thing over another results in zero or a negative number, the calculation is disregarded and an "excess" does not exist. Portions of things may be expressed as fractions or percentages interchangeably.

  • Receivables Subsidiary means any Subsidiary formed solely for the purpose of engaging, and that engages only, in one or more Receivables Facilities.

  • Eligible Guarantor means an entity that (A) has credit ratings at least equal to the Approved Ratings Threshold or (B) has credit ratings at least equal to the Required Ratings Threshold, provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that an Eligible Guarantee of an Eligible Guarantor with credit ratings below the Approved Ratings Threshold will not cause a Collateral Event (as defined in the Credit Support Annex) not to occur or continue.