Rating Agency Event means that any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act that then publishes a rating for the Company (a “rating agency”) amends, clarifies or changes the criteria it uses to assign equity credit to securities such as the Notes, which amendment, clarification or change results in:
Rating Agency Event means that any nationally recognized statistical rating organization as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, that then publishes a rating for Holdings (a “rating agency”) amends, clarifies or changes the criteria it uses to assign equity credit to securities such as the Series A Preferred Stock, which amendment, clarification or change results in:
Rating Agency Event means that any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act that then publishes a rating for the Company (a “rating agency”) amends, clarifies or changes the criteria it uses to assign equity credit to securities such as the Debentures, which amendment, clarification or change results in (a) the shortening of the length of time the Debentures are assigned a particular level of equity credit by that rating agency as compared to the length of time the Debentures would have been assigned that level of equity credit by that rating agency or its predecessor on the initial issuance of the Debentures; or (b) the lowering of the equity credit (including up to a lesser amount) assigned to the Debentures by that rating agency compared to the equity credit assigned by that rating agency or its predecessor on the initial issuance of the Debentures.
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Any Special Early Redemption will not apply in respect of a Rating Agency Event or an Accounting Event, if at any time any application of the right to redeem would result in a Regulatory Event.
Any Special Early Redemption will not apply in respect of a Rating Agency Event, if at any time any application of the right to redeem would result in a Regulatory Event.
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Rating Agency Event means that any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that then publishes a rating for us (a “rating agency”) amends, clarifies or changes the criteria it uses to assign equity credit to securities such as the debentures, which amendment, clarification or change results in (a) the shortening of the length of time the debentures are assigned a particular level of equity credit by that rating agency as compared to the length of time they would have been assigned that level of equity credit by that rating agency or its predecessor on the initial issuance of the debentures; or (b) the lowering of the equity credit (including up to a lesser amount) assigned to the debentures by that rating agency compared to the equity credit assigned by that rating agency or its predecessor on the initial issuance of the debentures.
Rating Agency Event means that any Rating Agency amends, clarifies or changes the criteria it uses to assign equity credit to securities such as the Series A Preferred Stock, which amendment, clarification or change results in (a) the shortening of the length of time the Series A Preferred Stock is assigned a particular level of equity credit by that Rating Agency as compared to the length of time the Series A Preferred Stock would have been assigned that level of equity credit by that Rating Agency or its predecessor on the initial issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock; or (b) the lowering of the equity credit (including up to a lesser amount) assigned to the Series A Preferred Stock by that Rating Agency compared to the equity credit assigned by that Rating Agency or its predecessor on the initial issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock.
Rating Agency Event means a change in the methodology employed by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (a “rating agency”), that currently publishes a rating for the Company in assigning equity credit to securities such as the Junior Subordinated Notes, as such methodology is in effect on November 17, 2009 (the “current criteria”), which change results in:
Rating Agency Event means that any Rating Agency amends, clarifies or changes the criteria it uses to assign equity credit to securities such as the Debentures, which amendment, clarification or change results in:
Rating Agency Event means a change in the methodology published by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act that published a rating for Sempra Energy as of June 13, 2019 (a “rating agency”) in assigning equity credit to securities such as the notes, as such methodology was in effect on June 13, 2019 (the “current methodology”), that results in (i) any shortening of the length of time for which equity credit pertaining to the notes by such rating agency would have been in effect had the current methodology not been changed or (ii) a lower equity credit being assigned by such rating agency to the notes as of the date of such change than the equity credit that would have been assigned to the notes by such rating agency had the current methodology not been changed.
Rating Agency Event means a change to the methodology or criteria that were employed by an applicable rating agency (as defined below) for purposes of assigning equity credit to securities such as the Securities of this series on the date of initial issuance of the Securities of this series (the “current methodology”), which change reduces the amount of equity credit assigned to the Securities of this series by the applicable rating agency as compared with the amount of equity credit that such rating agency had assigned to the Securities of this series as of the date of initial issuance thereof.
Rating Agency Event means a change to the methodology or criteria that were employed by an Applicable Rating Agency for purposes of assigning equity credit to securities such as the Series 2017A Notes on the date of initial issuance of the Series 2017A Notes, which change reduces the amount of equity credit assigned to the Series 2017A Notes by the Applicable Rating Agency as compared with the amount of equity credit that such Rating Agency assigned to the Series 2017A Notes as of the date of initial issuance of the Series 2017A Notes.