Hedge Counterparty means a Lender, the Administrative Agent or any of the Lender’s or the Administrative Agent’s affiliates (at the time a hedging agreement is entered into) who has entered into a hedging agreement for the purpose of hedging interest rate liabilities and/or any exchange rate and/or commodity price risks provided it has become a party, or by execution of an additional bank secured party acknowledgment has agreed to be bound by the terms of, to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement in its capacity as hedge counterparty.
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;
Interest Rate Cap Provider if any, shall mean the entity listed as the Interest Rate Cap Provider in the Series Term Sheet, in its capacity as obligor under the Class Interest Rate Caps, or if any Replacement Class Interest Rate Caps or Qualified Substitute Cap Arrangements are obtained pursuant to Section 15, the obligor with respect to such Replacement Class Interest Rate Caps or Qualified Substitute Cap Arrangements.
Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge means an Interest Rate Hedge which is provided by PNC or any Affiliate of PNC that: (a) is documented in a standard International Swap Dealers Association, Inc. Master Agreement or another reasonable and customary manner; (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable amount of the provider’s credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner; and (c) is entered into for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes. The liabilities owing to the provider of any Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge (the “Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities”) by any Borrower, Guarantor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries that is party to such Lender-Provided Interest Rate Hedge shall, for purposes of this Agreement and all Other Documents be “Obligations” of such Person and of each other Borrower and Guarantor, be guaranteed obligations under any Guaranty and secured obligations under any Guarantor Security Agreement, as applicable, and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes of the Other Documents, except to the extent constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of such Person. The Liens securing the Hedge Liabilities shall be pari passu with the Liens securing all other Obligations under this Agreement and the Other Documents, subject to the express provisions of Section 11.5 hereof.
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 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.
Interest Rate Hedge means an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or similar agreements entered into by any Loan Party in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, such Loan Party of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.
Replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement means an interest rate cap agreement from an Acceptable Counterparty with terms identical to the Interest Rate Cap Agreement except that the same shall be effective in connection with replacement of the Interest Rate Cap Agreement following a downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the long-term unsecured debt rating of the Counterparty; provided that to the extent any such interest rate cap agreement does not meet the foregoing requirements, a “Replacement Interest Rate Cap Agreement” shall be such interest rate cap agreement approved in writing by each of the Rating Agencies and Lender with respect thereto.
Swap Provider means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Swap Agreement is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Agreement.
Swap Counterparty means Lender or an Affiliate of Lender, in its capacity as counterparty under any Swap Contract.
Interest Rate Swap means any interest rate swap transaction entered into pursuant to the Agreement between Party A and Party B as evidenced by a Confirmation;
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.
Secured Swap Provider means (i) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (or a Person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time of execution and delivery of a Rate Contract) who has entered into a Secured Rate Contract with Borrower, or (ii) a Person with whom Borrower has entered into a Secured Rate Contract provided or arranged by GE Capital or an Affiliate of GE Capital, and any assignee thereof.
Eligible Counterparty means any bank or financial institution (which for these purposes shall include any leading dealer or broker in commodity and commodity index swap transactions) incorporated, domiciled and regulated in an OECD country with a rating equal to the Eligible Counterparty Threshold Rating or higher (or the equivalent rating from any other Rating Agency) or having the benefit of an enforceable guarantee from an Affiliate with a rating equal to the Eligible Counterparty Threshold Rating or higher (or the equivalent rating from any other Rating Agency).
Derivative Counterparty means any party to any Derivative Agreement other than the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
Interest Swap and Hedging Obligation means any obligation of any Person pursuant to any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate exchange agreement, currency exchange agreement or any other agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency values, including, without limitation, any arrangement whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a fixed or floating rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such Person calculated by applying a fixed or floating rate of interest on the same notional amount.
Interest Rate Cap Payment (a) With respect to the Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Certificates, beginning on the first Distribution Date and continuing through the immediately succeeding 35 Distribution Dates thereafter, the amount, if any, equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) one-month LIBOR rate as of the related reset date under the Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Cap Agreement and (B) the applicable cap ceiling rate set forth on Schedule A to such Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date over the applicable cap strike rate set forth on Schedule A to such Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, calculated on an "actual/360" basis, (ii) the applicable Class A-2 and Class A-3 notional amount set forth on Schedule A to the Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-4 Cap Agreement for that Distribution Date and (iii) the multiplier set forth on Schedule A to such Cap Agreement; (b) with respect to the Class M Certificates, beginning on the first Distribution Date and continuing through the immediately succeeding 43 Distribution Dates thereafter, the amount, if any, equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) one-month LIBOR rate as of the related reset date under the Class M Cap Agreement and (B) the applicable cap ceiling rate set forth on Schedule A to such Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date over the applicable cap strike rate set forth on Schedule A to such Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, calculated on an "actual/360" basis; (ii) the applicable Class M notional amount set forth on Schedule A to the Class M Cap Agreement for that Distribution Date and (iii) the multiplier set forth on Schedule A to such Cap Agreement; and (c) with respect to the Class B Certificates, beginning on the first Distribution Date and continuing through the immediately succeeding 43 Distribution Dates thereafter, the amount, if any, equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the lesser of (A) one-month LIBOR rate as of the related reset date under the Class B Cap Agreement and (B) the applicable cap ceiling rate set forth on Schedule A to such Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date over the applicable cap strike rate set forth on Schedule A to such Cap Agreement for such Distribution Date, calculated on an "actual/360" basis; (ii) the applicable Class B notional amount set forth on Schedule A to the Class B Cap Agreement for that Distribution Date and (iii) the multiplier set forth on Schedule A to such Cap Agreement.
Eligible Swap Counterparty means an entity, which may be an affiliate of a remarketing agent, engaged in the business of entering into derivative instrument contracts that satisfies the Rating Agency Condition.
Swap Agreement means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
Hedging Counterparty means HSBC Bank plc or any Affiliate of HSBC Bank plc or any other party
Currency Swap Agreement means any currency swap agreement, including all schedules and confirmations thereto, entered into by the Issuer and the Currency Swap Counterparty, as the same may be amended, supplemented, renewed, extended or replaced from time to time.
Hedging Agreement Provider means any Person that enters into a Secured Hedging Agreement with a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries that is permitted by Section 6.1(d) to the extent such Person is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or any other Person that was a Lender (or an Affiliate of a Lender) at the time it entered into the Secured Hedging Agreement but has ceased to be a Lender (or whose Affiliate has ceased to be a Lender) under the Credit Agreement.
Interest Swap Obligations means the obligations of any Person pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.
Secured Swap Agreement means a Swap Agreement between (a) any Loan Party and (b) a Secured Swap Provider.
Counterparty Downgrade Collateral Account means an interest-bearing account of the Issuer with the Custodian into which all Counterparty Downgrade Collateral is to be deposited.