recognized rating agency definition

recognized rating agency means A.M Best Company, Fitch, Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and any other agency approved by the Authority;
recognized rating agency means a nationally recognized rating agency or organization, including Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Duff & Phelxx, xxd any other rating agency or organization approved by the Purchasers holding a majority of the principal amount of the Notes.
recognized rating agency means a credit rating organization recognized by the Commission for the purposes of this Regulation;

Examples of recognized rating agency in a sentence

  • THE CLASS M-2 AND CLASS B CERTIFICATES ARE NOT "MORTGAGE RELATED SECURITIES" FOR PURPOSES OF SMMEA BECAUSE SUCH CERTIFICATES ARE NOT RATED IN ONE OF THE TWO HIGHEST RATING CATEGORIES BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RATING AGENCY.


More Definitions of recognized rating agency

recognized rating agency means a credit rating organization recognized by the Commission as such for purposes of these guidelines;
recognized rating agency means S&P, Xxxxx'x or another U.S. nationally recognized or internationally recognized rating agency.
recognized rating agency means any of Standard and Poor's Rating Group, a division of XxXxxx-Xxxx, Inc., Xxxxx'x Investors Services, Inc., and Fitch, Inc., or any of their respective successor organizations.
recognized rating agency means S&P, Moody’s or another U.S. nationally recognized or internationally recognized rating agency.
recognized rating agency means any one of the following:

Related to recognized rating agency

  • Nationally Recognized Rating Agency means any nationally recognized statistical rating organization identified as such by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  • 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.

  • Other Rating Agency means each NRSRO, if any, other than Fitch then providing a rating for the MRP Shares pursuant to the request of the Company.

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

  • 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 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.

  • Specified Rating Agencies means each of Moody’s, S&P and DBRS as long as, in each case, it has not ceased to rate the Notes or failed to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Issuer’s control; provided that if one or more of Moody’s, S&P or DBRS ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Issuer’s control, the Issuer may select any other “designated rating organization” within the meaning of National Instrument 41-101 of the Canadian Securities Administrators as a replacement agency for such one or more of them, as the case may be.

  • 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.

  • Substitute Rating Agency means a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Company’s board of directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, or both, as the case may be.

  • Required Rating means, in the case of Moody's, the rating assigned to the Underlying Securities by Moody's as of the Closing Date, and, in the case of S&P, the rating assigned to the Underlying Securities by S&P as of the Closing Date.

  • 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.

  • approved rating means, for a security, a rating at or above one of the following rating categories issued by an approved rating organization for the security or a rating category that replaces a category listed below:

  • Required Ratings [Ratings] Closing Date, Location and Time: ___________ ___, 20___; offices of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, LLP, New Xxxx, Xxx Yorx; 00:00 a.m. New York City time. Purchase Price for the Offered Certificates: Class Percent of Initial Aggregate ----- Principal Balance ------------------------------ Class A % Classes B-1, B-2 and B-3 % In eaxx xxxx, as offered and sold pursuant to this Terms Agreement, plus accrued interest, if applicable, thereon. Notwithstanding any other provision of the above-referenced Underwriting Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement in the Underwriting Agreement shall be with reference to File No. _________. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth in the above-referenced Underwriting Agreement (which is incorporated herein in its entirety and made a part hereof) as supplemented by this Terms Agreement, the Seller agrees to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Seller, the Offered Certificates. The Underwriter has been retained solely to act as underwriter in connection with the sale of the Offered Certificates to investors (including the establishment of the price of the Offered Certificates to investors), and no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between Seller and the Underwriter has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Terms Agreement, irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is advising Seller on other matters. * * * If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement by and among the Seller, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and the Underwriter. Very truly yours, WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES XORPORATION By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: The foregoing Terms Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. COUNTRYWIDE SECURITIES CORPORATION By: ----------------------------------- Name: Title: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION With respect to any investor, "Supplemental Information" means any of the following types of information, to the extent omitted from the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus:

  • Moody’s means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

  • Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Rule 436 under the Securities Act.

  • Fitch means Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest.

  • NRSRO A nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

  • Designated Rating means, for a security or instrument, a rating issued by a designated rating organization, or its DRO affiliate, that is at or above one of the following rating categories, or that is at or above a category that replaces one of the following rating categories, if

  • Moody s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

  • Ratings Agency means any of S&P, Xxxxx’x, and Fitch (collectively the ‘Ratings Agencies’).

  • Moody’s Rating means, at any time, the rating issued by Moody's and xxxx xx effect with respect to the Borrower's senior unsexxxxx xong-term debt securities without third-party credit enhancement.

  • S&P Rating means, at any time, the rating issued by S&P and then in effect with respect to the Borrower's senior unsecured long-term debt securities without third-party credit enhancement.

  • Investment Grade means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s); a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P); and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any additional Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company.

  • Sending agency means a party state, officer or employee thereof; a subdivision of a party state, or officer or employee thereof; a court of a party state; a person, corporation, association, charitable agency or other entity which sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought any child to another party state.

  • Ratings As of any date of determination, the ratings, if any, of the Certificates as assigned by the Rating Agencies.