Interest Rate Contract means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate floor agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate option or any other agreement regarding the hedging of interest rate risk exposure executed in connection with hedging the interest rate exposure of any Person and any confirming letter executed pursuant to such agreement, all as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Secured Rate Contract means any Rate Contract between Borrower and the counterparty thereto, which (i) has been provided or arranged by GE Capital or an Affiliate of GE Capital, or (ii) Agent has acknowledged in writing constitutes a “Secured Rate Contract” hereunder.
RATE CONTRACT means the agreement for supply of goods/ materials between Owner and Vendor, for a fixed period of time (i.e till validity of Rate Contract, with no commitment of contractual quantity) on mutually agreed terms and conditions. The actual supply of goods/ materials shall take place only on issue of separate purchase orders for required quantity as and when required by Owner.
Interest Rate Contracts means all interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and interest rate insurance.
Floating Rate Convention means that each relevant date shall be the date which numerically corresponds to the preceding such date in the calendar month which is the number of months specified in the applicable Final Terms as the Specified Period after the calendar month in which the preceding such date occurred; provided, however, that:
Fixed Rate Period has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(b)(i) hereof.
Interest Rate Agreement means with respect to any Person any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement as to which such Person is party or a beneficiary.
Fixed Rate Obligation means any Collateral Loan that bears a fixed rate of interest.
Interest Rate Hedge Agreement means any swap, cap, collar, forward purchase or similar agreements or arrangements entered into by a Borrower or one of its Affiliates in connection with the Loan Facility for the sole purpose of reducing a Borrower’s exposure to interest rate risk and not for speculative purposes.
Interest Rate Hedging Agreement means any interest rate protection agreement or other interest rate hedging arrangement.
Floating Rate Period has the meaning set forth in section 2.5(b)(ii) hereof.
Interest Rate Period means that period of time for which the interest rate with respect to the Bonds has been determined by the Remarketing Agent or otherwise as provided in the definition of the applicable Interest Rate Mode, commencing on the applicable Interest Rate Adjustment Date, and terminating on the day immediately preceding the following Interest Rate Adjustment Date, if any.
Interest Rate Protection Agreement means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement.
Interest Rate Option means any LIBOR Rate Option or Base Rate Option.
Interest Rate Cap Agreement means, as applicable, an Interest Rate Cap Agreement (together with the confirmation and schedules relating thereto) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender between Borrower and an Acceptable Counterparty or a Replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement.
Interest Rate or Currency Protection Agreement of any Person means any forward contract, futures contract, swap, option or other financial agreement or arrangement (including caps, floors, collars and similar agreements) relating to, or the value of which is dependent upon, interest rates or currency exchange rates or indices.
Interest Hedge Agreement means an interest rate protection agreement that may be entered into between the Borrower and an Interest Hedge Counterparty on or after the Closing Date, for the sole purpose of hedging interest rate risk between the portfolio of Collateral Loans and the Loans, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, with respect to which the Rating Condition is satisfied.
Rate Contracts means swap agreements (as such term is defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) and any other agreements or arrangements designed to provide protection against fluctuations in interest or currency exchange rates.
Interest Rate Swap Agreement means the agreement(s) (including any further replacement agreements) entered into between the Guarantor LP and the Interest Rate Swap Provider(s) in the form of an ISDA Master Agreement, as the same may be amended, varied, supplemented, restated or extended from time to time, including a schedule and confirmations in relation to each Tranche or Series of Covered Bonds;
Floating Rate Option has the meaning given to it in the ISDA Definitions;
Floating Rate Classes The Classes designated as either “Floating Rate” or “Inverse Floating Rate” in the Prospectus Supplement.
Fixed Rate Calculation Date means, for any Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, the 30th day prior to the first day of such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period.
Fixed Rate Certificate A Certificate that provides for a payment of interest at a Fixed Pass-Through Rate.
Fixed Rate Advance means an Advance which bears interest at a Fixed Rate.
Fixed Rate Term means a period commencing on a Business Day and continuing for 1, 2 or 3 months, as designated by Borrower, during which all or a portion of the outstanding principal balance of this Note bears interest determined in relation to LIBOR; provided however, that no Fixed Rate Term may be selected for a principal amount less than $100,000.00; and provided further, that no Fixed Rate Term shall extend beyond the scheduled maturity date hereof. If any Fixed Rate Term would end on a day which is not a Business Day, then such Fixed Rate Term shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day.
Fixed Rate of Interest means the rate of interest payable from time to time in respect of a Fixed Rate Tier 1 BCN or during the Fixed Interest Rate Period in respect of a Fixed/Floating Rate Tier 1 BCN and that is either specified in the relevant Pricing Schedule or calculated in accordance with the provisions in the relevant Pricing Schedule.