S&P Eligible Asset definition
S&P Eligible Asset means: (1) cash (excluding any cash irrevocably deposited by the Fund for the payment of any liabilities within the meaning of MTP Basic Maintenance Amount), (2) Receivables for Municipal Obligations Sold, (3) S&P Hedging Transactions or (4) a Municipal Obligation (including Inverse Floater as defined below) owned by the Fund that (A) is interest bearing and pays interest at least semi-annually; (B) is payable with respect to principal and interest in U.S. Dollars; (C) is not subject to a covered call or put option written by the Fund; (D) except for Inverse Floaters, is not part of a private placement of Municipal Obligations; and (E) except for Inverse Floaters, is part of an issue of Municipal Obligations with an original issue size of at least $10 million. Any Municipal Obligation that is a part of an original issue size of less than $10 million must carry a rating of at least “AA” by S&P or “AAA” by Moody’s, Fitch or another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations:
S&P Eligible Asset means assets of the Fund set forth in the guidelines provided by S&P, as may be amended from time to time by S&P, as eligible for inclusion in calculating the Discounted Value of the Fund’s assets in connection with S&P’s ratings of shares of MuniPreferred.
S&P Eligible Asset means cash (excluding any cash irrevocably deposited by the Trust for the payment of any liabilities within the meaning of Municipal Preferred Basic Maintenance Amount), Receivables for Municipal Obligations Sold, futures, options, Inverse Floaters and similar instruments or a Municipal Obligation owned by the Trust that (i) is interest bearing and pays interest at least semi-annually; (ii) is payable with respect to principal and interest in U.S. Dollars; (iii) is publicly rated BBB or higher by S&P or, except in the case of Anticipation Notes that are Grant Anticipation Notes or Bond Anticipation Notes which must be rated by S&P to be included in S&P Eligible Assets, if not rated by S&P but rated by another nationally recognized credit rating agency, is rated at least A by such agency; (iv) is not part of a private placement of Municipal Obligations (except in the case of Inverse Floaters); (v) is part of an issue of Municipal Obligations with an original issue size of at least $20 million or, if of an issue with an original issue size below $20 million (but in no event below $10 million), is issued by an issuer with a total of at least $50 million of securities outstanding; and (vi) is not subject to a covered call or covered put option written by the Trust. Solely for purposes of this definition, the term "Municipal Obligation" means any obligation the interest on which is exempt from regular Federal income taxation and which is issued by any of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia or any of the territories of the United States, their subdivisions, counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts and agencies (including authorities and special districts created by the states), and federally sponsored agencies such as local housing authorities. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations:
Examples of S&P Eligible Asset in a sentence
Eligible Asset means S&P Eligible Asset and/or Moodys Eligible Asset.
Discounted Value means (i) with respect to an S&P Eligible Asset, the quotient of the Market Value thereof divided by the applicable S&P Discount Factor and (ii) with respect to a Moodys Eligible Asset, the quotient of the Market Value thereof divided by the applicable Moodys Discount Factor; provided that the Discounted Value of such Eligible Asset shall never be greater than the face value of such Eligible Asset.
Discounted Value means (i) with respect to an S&P Eligible Asset, the quotient of the Market Value thereof divided by the applicable S&P Discount Factor and (ii) with respect to a Moodys Eligible Asset, the lower of par and the quotient of the Market Value thereof divided by the applicable Moodys Discount Factor.
More Definitions of S&P Eligible Asset
S&P Eligible Asset means cash, Receivables for Municipal Obligations Sold or a Municipal Bond that (i) is issued by any of the 50 states, the territories and their subdivisions, counties, cities, towns, villages, and school districts, agencies, such as authorities and special districts created by the states, and certain federally sponsored agencies such as local housing authorities (payments made on these bonds are exempt from regular federal income taxes and are generally exempt from state and local taxes in the state of issuance), (ii) is interest bearing and pays interest at least semi-annually; (iii) is payable with respect to principal and interest in United States Dollars; (iv) is publicly rated BBB or higher by S&P or, except in the case of Anticipation Notes that are grant anticipation notes or bond anticipation notes which must be rated by S&P to be included in S&P Eligible Assets, if not rated by S&P but rated by Moody's, is rated at least A by Moody's (provided that such Moody's-rated Municipal Obligations will be included in S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the Market Value of such Municipal Obligations does not exceed 50% of the aggregate Market Value of the S&P Eligible Assets; and further provided that, for purposes of determining the S&P Discount Factor applicable to any such Moody's-rated Municipal Bond, such Municipal Bond will be deemed to have an S&P rating which is one full rating category lower than its Moody's rating); (v) is not subject to a covered call or covered put option written by the Trust; (vi) is not part of a private placement of Municipal Obligations; and (vii) is part of an issue of Municipal Obligations with an original issue size of at least $10 million or, if of an issue with an original issue size below $10 million (but in no event below $5 million), is issued by an issuer with a total of at least $25 million of securities outstanding, or part of an issue with an original issue size of $5 million and rated A or better by S&P; provided that the fair market value of Municipal Obligations rated A or better by S&P may not exceed 20% of a Trust's S&P Eligible Assets.
S&P Eligible Asset means cash, Receivables for New York Municipal Bonds Sold or a New York Municipal Bond that (i) is interest bearing and pays interest at least semi-annually; (ii) is payable with respect to principal and interest in United States Dollars; (iii) is publicly rated BBB or higher by S&P or, except in the case of Anticipation Notes that are grant anticipation notes or bond anticipation notes which must be rated by S&P to be included in S&P Eligible Assets, if not rated by S&P but rated by Moody's or Fitch, is rated at least A by Moody's or Fitch (provided that such Moody's-rated or Fitch-rated New York Municipal Bonds will be
S&P Eligible Asset means cash, Receivables for Municipal Bonds Sold or a Municipal Bond that (i) is issued by any of the 50 states, any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any political subdivision, instrumentality, county, city, town, village, school district or agency (such as authorities and special districts created by the states) of any of the foregoing, and certain federally sponsored agencies such as local housing authorities; (ii) is interest bearing and pays interest at least semi-annually; (iii) is payable with respect to principal and interest in United States Dollars; (iv) is publicly rated BBB or higher by S&P or, except in the case of Anticipation Notes that are grant anticipation notes or bond anticipation notes which must be rated by S&P to be included in S&P Eligible Assets, if not rated by S&P but rated by Mood▇'▇, ▇▇ rated at least A by Moody's (provided that such Moody's-rated Municipal Bonds will be included in S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the Market Value of such Municipal Bonds does not exceed 50% of the aggregate Market Value of the S&P Eligible Assets; and further provided that, for purposes of determining the S&P Discount Factor applicable to any such Moody's-rated Municipal Bond, such Municipal Bond will be deemed to have an S&P rating which is one full rating category lower than its Mood▇'▇ ▇▇▇ing); (v) is not subject to a covered call or covered put option written by the Trust; (vi) is not part of a private placement of Municipal Bonds; and (vii) is part of an issue of Municipal Bonds with an original issue size of at least $20 million or, if of an issue with an original issue size below $20 million (but in no event below $10 million), is issued by an issuer with a total of at least $50 million of securities outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
S&P Eligible Asset means cash (excluding any cash irrevocably deposited by the Fund for the payment of any liabilities within the meaning of MuniPreferred Basic Maintenance Amount), Receivables for Municipal Obligations Sold or a Municipal Obligation owned by the Fund that (i) is interest bearing and pays interest at least semi-annually; (ii) is payable with respect to principal and interest in U.S. Dollars (provided, however, that such Moody's-rated Municipal Obligations will be included in S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the Market Value of such Municipal Obligations does not exceed 50% of the aggregate Market Value of such S&P Eligible Assets; and further provided that, for purposes of determining the S&P Discount Factor applicable to any such Moody's-rated Municipal Obligation, such Municipal Obligation will be deemed to have an S&P rating which is one full rating category lower than it's Moody's rating); (iii) is publicly rated BBB or higher by S&P or, if not rated by S&P but rated by Moody's, is rated at least A by Moody's; (iv) is not part of a private placement of Municipal Obligations; and (v) is part of an issue of Municipal Obligations with an original issue size of at least $20 million or, if of an issue with an original issue size below $20 million (but in no event below $10 million), is issued by an issuer with a total of at least $50 million of securities outstanding. Solely for purposes of this definition, the term "Municipal Obligation" means any obligation the interest on which is exempt from regular Federal income taxation and which is issued by any of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia or any of the territories of the United States, their
S&P Eligible Asset means cash, Receivables for Municipal Bonds Sold, Rule 2a-7 Money Market Funds or a Municipal Bond that (i) is issued by any of the 50 states of the United States, its territories and their subdivisions, counties, cities, towns, villages, and school districts, agencies, such as authorities and special districts created by the states, and certain federally sponsored agencies such as local housing authorities (payments made on these bonds are exempt from regular federal income taxes and are generally exempt from state and local taxes in the state of issuance), (ii) except for zero coupon Municipal Bonds rated AAA by S&P that mature in 30 years or less, is interest bearing and pays interest at least semi-annually; (iii) is payable with respect to principal and interest in United States Dollars; (iv) is not subject to a covered call or covered put option written by the Corporation; (v) except for Inverse Floaters, is not part of a private placement; and (vi) except for Inverse Floaters and legally defeased bonds that are secured by securities issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, is part of an issue of Municipal Bonds with an original issue size of at least $10 million or, if of an issue with an original issue size below $10 million, is rated at least AA or higher by S&P. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
S&P Eligible Asset means cash, Receivables for Michigan Municipal Bonds Sold, Rule 2a-7 Money Market Funds or a Michigan Municipal Bond that (i) except for zero coupon Michigan Municipal Bonds rated AAA by S&P that mature in 30 years or less, is interest bearing and pays interest at least semi-annually; (ii) is payable with respect to principal and interest in United States Dollars; (iii) is not subject to a covered call or covered put option written by the Corporation; (iv) except for Inverse Floaters, is not part of a private placement; and (v) except for Inverse Floaters and legally defeased bonds that are secured by securities issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, is part of an issue of Michigan Municipal Bonds with an original issue size of at least $10 million or, if of an issue with an original issue size below $10 million, is rated at least AA or higher by S&P. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
S&P Eligible Asset means cash (excluding any cash irrevocably deposited by the Fund for the payment of any liabilities within the meaning of MuniPreferred Basic Maintenance Amount), Receivables for Municipal Obligations Sold or a Municipal Obligation owned by the Fund that (i) is interest bearing and pays interest at least semi-annually; (ii) is payable with respect to principal and interest in U.S. Dollars; (iii) is publicly rated BBB or higher by S&P or, if not rated by S&P but rated by Moody's, is rated at least A by Moody's; (iv) is not part of a private placement of Municipal Obligations; and (v) is part of an issue of Municipal Obligations with an original issue size of at least $20 million or, if of an issue with an original issue size below $20 million (but in no event below $10 million), is issued by an issuer with a total of at least $50 million of securities outstanding. Special utilities issues that are not rated by S&P shall not comprise S&P Eligible Assets. Solely for purposes of this definition, the term "Municipal Obligation" means any obligation the interest on which is exempt from regular Federal income taxation and which is issued by any of the fifty United States, the