Rating Agencies definition

Rating Agencies means DBRS, Fitch, KBRA, Xxxxx’x, Morningstar and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably designated by any Note Holder to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of the related Note; provided, however, that, at any time during which the Mortgage Loan is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitizations of the Notes.
Rating Agencies means Xxxxx’x and S&P or if Xxxxx’x or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Issuer which shall be substituted for Xxxxx’x or S&P or both, as the case may be.
Rating Agencies means (1) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (2) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes of this series or fails to make a rating of such Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, 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 Company’s Board of Directors) as a replacement agency for Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or all of them, as the case may be.

Examples of Rating Agencies in a sentence

  • Guarantor shall cooperate with Lender in effecting any such Secondary Market Transaction and shall cooperate to implement all requirements imposed by any Rating Agencies involved in any Secondary Market Transaction.

  • However, rating organisations other than the Rating Agencies may seek to rate the Notes and, if such "shadow ratings" or "unsolicited ratings" are lower than the comparable ratings assigned to the Notes by the Rating Agencies, such shadow or unsolicited ratings could have an adverse effect on the value of the Notes.

  • The Issuer has not requested a rating of the Notes by any rating agency other than the Rating Agencies.

  • There is no assurance that the ratings will continue for any period of time or that they will not be lowered, reviewed, suspended or withdrawn by the Rating Agencies.

  • The Authority retains the external credit assessment institution eligibility criteria in line with Basel III, which includes the incorporation of key elements of the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO) Code of Conduct Fundamentals for Credit Rating Agencies in the criteria.


More Definitions of Rating Agencies

Rating Agencies means Moody’s and S&P.
Rating Agencies means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Issuer which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.
Rating Agencies means Xxxxx’x, S&P and Fitch.
Rating Agencies means DBRS, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s, Morningstar and S&P and their respective successors in interest or, if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized
Rating Agencies means Fitch, Inc., Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or any successor entity of the foregoing, or any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
Rating Agencies means each of S&P, Xxxxx’x and Fitch, or any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency which has been approved by Lender.
Rating Agencies means any of (a) S&P, (b) Xxxxx’x, (c) Fitch, (d) DBRS, (e) KBRA and (f) Morningstar or, (g) if any of such entities shall for any reason no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency reasonably designated by the Depositor or Non-Lead Depositor to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of any Note; provided, however, that, at any time during which any Note is an asset of one or more Securitizations, “Rating Agencies” or “Rating Agency” shall mean only those rating agencies that are engaged by the Depositor or Non-Lead Depositor, as applicable, from time to time to rate the securities issued in connection with the Securitization of such Note.