Rating Agency Declination definition

Rating Agency Declination. As defined in the definition of “Rating Agency Confirmation” in this Agreement.
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Rating Agency Declination means a written waiver or acknowledgement from the Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review or declining to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought and received; provided that any Rating Agency’s refusal to provide Rating Agency Confirmation (i) following a consideration by such Rating Agency of the substance of a request or (ii) due to a commercial dispute between the Borrowers or its affiliates and the applicable Rating Agency, including, but not limited to, any disagreement regarding such Rating Agency’s fees, shall not constitute a Rating Agency Declination; provided, further, that if any Rating Agency shall publicly announce a policy, as a general matter, to no longer review requests for Rating Agency Confirmation, so long as such policy shall remain in effect, any party requesting Rating Agency Confirmation shall only be required to deliver written notice to such Rating Agency of any matter for which Rating Agency Confirmation would have been requested and such Rating Agency shall thereafter be deemed to have delivered a Rating Agency Declination with respect to such matter.
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Rating Agency Declination means receipt of a written waiver or acknowledgement from a Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review or declining to review a matter for which Rating Agency Confirmation is sought; provided that the absence of Rating Agency Confirmation from a Rating Agency following a consideration by such Rating Agency of the substance of a request shall not constitute a Rating Agency Declination; provided, further, that if a Rating Agency publicly announces a policy, as a general matter, to no longer review requests for rating agency confirmations, so long as such policy shall remain in effect, any party requesting a Rating Agency Confirmation in connection with a particular matter shall only be required to deliver written notice to such Rating Agency of such matter and such Rating Agency shall thereafter be deemed to have delivered a Rating Agency Declination with respect to such matter.
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Examples of Rating Agency Declination in a sentence

  • For all other matters or actions (a) not specifically discussed above in clauses (x) or (y) or (b) that are not the subject of a Rating Agency Declination, the applicable Requesting Party shall be required to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies.

  • For all other matters or actions (a) not specifically discussed above in clauses (x) or (y) or (b) that are not the subject of a Rating Agency Declination, the applicable Requesting Party shall be required to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from the Rating Agency.

  • For all other matters or actions (a) not specifically 124 discussed above in clauses (x) or (y) or (b) that are not the subject of a Rating Agency Declination, the applicable Requesting Party shall be required to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from the Rating Agency.

  • For all other matters or actions (a) not specifically discussed above in clauses (x) or (y) or (b) that are not the subject of a Rating Agency Declination, the applicable Requesting Party shall be required to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency.

  • In addition to all Site dispositions set forth herein, the Borrowers shall be permitted to Release and dispose of Sites upon receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation (which Rating Agency Confirmation may not be deemed satisfied pursuant to Section 11.13 of the Trust Agreement and shall not be subject to a Rating Agency Declination) and the following conditions precedent: (i) The Borrowers solicit such Rating Agency Confirmation no later than thirty (30) days prior to such sale or disposition.


More Definitions of Rating Agency Declination

Rating Agency Declination has the meaning set forth in, and is subject to the provisions of, the Trust Agreement; provided that Rating Agency Declination shall not apply to Loan Increases as set forth in Section 3.2 and any RAC-Only Releases.
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Rating Agency Declination means a written waiver or acknowledgement from a Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review or declining to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought and received; provided that any Rating Agency’s refusal to provide Rating Agency Confirmation due to a commercial dispute between the Issuer or its Affiliates and such Rating Agency, including, but not limited to, any disagreement regarding such Rating Agency’s fees, shall not constitute a Rating Agency Declination; provided, further, that if any Rating Agency shall publicly announce a policy, as a general matter, to no longer review requests for Rating Agency Confirmation, so long as such policy shall remain in effect, any party requesting Rating Agency Confirmation from such Rating Agency shall only be required to deliver written notice to such Rating Agency of any matter for which Rating Agency Confirmation would have been requested and such Rating Agency shall thereafter be deemed to have delivered a Rating Agency Declination with respect to such matter.
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Rating Agency Declination means a written waiver or acknowledgement from a Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review or declining to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought and received; provided that any Rating Agency’s refusal to provide Rating Agency Confirmation (i) following a consideration by such Rating Agency of the substance of a request or (ii) due to a commercial dispute between the Co-Issuers or their affiliates and such Rating Agency, including, but not limited to, any disagreement regarding such Rating Agency’s fees, will not constitute a Rating Agency Declination; provided, further, that if any Rating Agency publicly announces a policy, as a general matter, to no longer review requests for Rating Agency Confirmation, so long as such policy remains in effect, any party requesting Rating Agency Confirmation from that Rating Agency will only be required to deliver written notice to that Rating Agency of any matter for which Rating Agency Confirmation would have been requested and that Rating Agency will thereafter be deemed to have delivered a Rating Agency Declination with respect to such matter.
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Related to Rating Agency Declination

  • Companion Loan Rating Agency Declination As defined in the definition of “Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation” in this Agreement.

  • 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 Decline means the occurrence of a decrease of one or more gradations (including gradations within rating categories as well as between rating categories) in the rating of the Notes by either Rating Agency.

  • 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 Agency Condition means, with respect to any action, that each Rating Agency shall have been given 10 days’ (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to each Rating Agency) prior notice thereof and that each Rating Agency shall not have notified the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in writing that such action will result in a reduction, withdrawal or down-grade of the then-current rating of each class of Notes.

  • Rating Agency or Rating Agencies S&P, Xxxxx’x and Fitch or their successors. If such agencies or their successors are no longer in existence, “Rating Agencies” shall be such nationally recognized statistical rating agencies, or other comparable Persons, designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee and the Servicer.

  • Rating Agency Confirmation means, with respect to any Securitization, a confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each of the applicable Rating Agencies for such Securitization that the occurrence of the event with respect to which such Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the applicable rating or ratings ascribed by such Rating Agency to any of the securities issued pursuant to such Securitization that are then outstanding. If no such securities are outstanding with respect to any Securitization, any action that would otherwise require a Rating Agency Confirmation shall instead require the consent of the Controlling Note Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. For the purposes of this Agreement, if any Rating Agency shall waive, decline or refuse to review or otherwise engage any request for Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder, such waiver, declination, or refusal shall be deemed to eliminate, for such request only, the condition that a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency (only) be obtained for purposes of this Agreement, and any requirement hereunder to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency may be satisfied or deemed in the same manner that a Rating Agency Confirmation requirement may be satisfied or deemed satisfied under the Lead Securitization Servicing Agreement. For purposes of clarity, any such waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in any subsequent request for a Rating Agency Confirmation hereunder and the condition for Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to this Agreement for any subsequent request shall apply regardless of any previous waiver, declination or refusal to review or otherwise engage in such prior request.

  • Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation With respect to any matter involving the servicing and administration of a Serviced Companion Loan or any related REO Property as to which any Serviced Companion Loan Securities exist, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Companion Loan Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any class of such Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if then rated by the Companion Loan Rating Agency); provided that upon receipt of a written waiver or other acknowledgment from the Companion Loan Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review or declining to review the matter for which the Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation is sought (such written notice, a “Companion Loan Rating Agency Declination”), or as otherwise provided in Section 3.30 of this Agreement, the requirement for the Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation from the applicable Companion Loan Rating Agency with respect to such matter shall not apply.

  • Credit Rating Agency means a nationally recognized credit rating agency that evaluates the financial condition of issuers of debt instruments and then assigns a rating that reflects its assessment of the issuer’s ability to make debt payments.

  • Ratings Decline means a decrease in the rating of the Notes by both Xxxxx’x and S&P by one or more gradations (including gradations within Rating Categories as well as between Rating Categories). In determining whether the rating of the Notes has decreased by one or more gradations, gradations within Ratings Categories, namely + or - for S&P, and 1, 2, and 3 for Xxxxx’x, will be taken into account; for example, in the case of S&P, a ratings decline either from BB+ to BB or BB to BB- will constitute a decrease of one gradation.

  • Rating Agency means 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 Agency Inquiry As defined in Section 4.5(d).

  • Rating Date means the date which is 90 days prior to the earlier of (i) a Change in Control and (ii) public notice of the occurrence of a Change in Control or of the intention of the Company to effect a Change in Control.

  • Rating Downgrade means either:

  • Companion Loan Rating Agency With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, any rating agency that was engaged by a participant in the securitization of such Serviced Companion Loan to assign a rating to the related Serviced Companion Loan Securities.

  • Rating Agency Discount Factor means the Fitch Discount Factor (if Fitch is then rating Preferred Stock) or an Other Rating Agency Discount Factor, whichever is applicable.

  • Note Rating Agency means, with respect to any Outstanding Series, Class or Tranche of Notes, each statistical note rating agency selected by the Issuer to rate such Notes.

  • Rating Agency Information means any information provided for the purpose of (a) determining the initial credit rating for the Offered Notes, including information about the characteristics of the Receivables and the legal structure of the Offered Notes, and (b) undertaking credit rating surveillance on the Offered Notes, including information about the characteristics and performance of the Receivables.

  • Rating Agency Communication means, with respect to any action and any Securitization, any written communication intended for a Rating Agency, which shall be delivered at least ten (10) Business Days prior to completing such action, in electronic document format suitable for website posting to the 17g-5 information provider under the applicable Securitization Servicing Agreement.

  • 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).

  • Rating Event means the rating on the Notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and the Notes are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (b) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided that a Rating Event will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if each Rating Agency making the reduction in rating does not publicly announce or confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the request of the Company that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

  • Rating Agency Guidelines means the Fitch Guidelines and any Other Rating Agency Guidelines as they exist from time to time.

  • Liquidity Provider Ratings Event means the Liquidity Provider shall fail to maintain at any time short-term debt ratings in one of the two highest rating categories from the Requisite NRSROs.

  • Rating means the operating limits as specified by the component manufacturer.

  • Required Special Servicer Rating means with respect to a special servicer (i) in the case of Fitch, a rating of “CSS3”, (ii) in the case of S&P, such special servicer is on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Special Servicer, (iii) in the case of Xxxxx’x, such special servicer is acting as special servicer for one or more loans included in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by Xxxxx’x within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Xxxxx’x has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage loans, (iv) in the case of Morningstar, such special servicer has a ranking by Morningstar equal to or higher than “MOR CS3” as a special servicer, provided that if Morningstar has not issued a ranking with respect to such special servicer, such special servicer is acting as special servicer in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by a Rating Agency within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination, and Morningstar has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage securities, (v) in the case of KBRA, KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of such special servicer as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by such special servicer prior to the time of determination, and (vi) in the case of DBRS, such special servicer is acting as special servicer in a commercial mortgage loan securitization that was rated by DBRS within the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of determination and DBRS has not downgraded or withdrawn the then-current rating on any class of commercial mortgage securities or placed any class of commercial mortgage securities on watch citing the continuation of such special servicer as special servicer of such commercial mortgage securities as a material reason for such downgrade or withdrawal.