Specified Investments means (a) direct obligations of the United States of America or obligations fully guaranteed by the United States of America; (b) commercial paper rated A-1/P-1 by S&P and Moody's, respectively or, if such ratings are unavailable, rated by any nationally recognized rating organization in the United States equal to the highest rating assigned by such rating organization; (c) investments in negotiable certificates of deposit, time deposits, banker's acceptances, commercial paper or other direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, commercial banks organized under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof (or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank) with issuer ratings of at least B/C by Thomson Bankwatch, having maturities no later than 90 days following the date of such investment; (d) overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers; or (e) overnight repurchase agreements with respect to the securities described in clause (a) above entered into with an office of a bank or trust company which is located in the United States of America or any bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof and has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $500 million. SSB. State Street Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, a national banking association or any successor Owner Trustee in its individual capacity.
Specified Investments. Means, with respect to any Trust, unless otherwise specified in the related Trust Supplement, (i) obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States Government or agencies thereof, (ii) open market commercial paper of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof rated at least P-2 or its equivalent by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or at least A-2 or its equivalent by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, (iii) certificates of deposit issued by commercial banks organized under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof having a combined capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000 which banks or their holding companies have a rating of A or its equivalent by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business; provided, however, that the aggregate amount at any one time so invested in certificates of deposit issued by any one bank shall not exceed 5% of such bank’s capital and surplus, (iv) U.S. dollar-denominated offshore certificates of deposit issued by, or offshore time deposits with, any commercial bank described in clause (iii) above or any subsidiary thereof and (v) repurchase agreements with any financial institution having combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 with any of the obligations described in clauses (i) through (iv) above as collateral; provided further that if all of the above investments are unavailable, the entire amounts to be invested may be used to purchase federal funds from an entity described in clause (iii) above.
Specified Investments. Means, with respect to any Trust, unless otherwise specified in the related Trust Supplement, (i) obligations of the United States Government or agencies thereof, or obligations guaranteed by the United States Government, (ii) open market commercial paper of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof rated at least P-2 or its equivalent by Moodx'x Xxxestors Service, Inc. or at least A-2 or its equivalent by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (including the Trustee if such conditions are met), (iii) certificates of deposit issued by commercial banks organized under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof having a combined capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 which banks or their holding companies have a rating of A or its equivalent by Moodx'x Xxxestors Service, Inc. or A2 or its equivalent by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (including the Trustee if such conditions are met); provided, however, that the aggregate amount at any one time so invested in certificates of deposit issued by any one bank shall not exceed 5% of such bank's capital and surplus, (iv) U.S. dollar denominated offshore certificates of deposit issued by, or offshore time deposits with, any commercial bank described in (iii) or any subsidiary thereof, and (v) repurchase agreements with any financial institution having combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 (including the Trustee if such conditions are met) with any of the obligations described in clauses (i) through (iv) as collateral; provided further that if all of the above investments are unavailable, the entire amounts to be invested may be used to purchase Federal Funds from an entity described in clause (iii) above; and provided further that no investment shall be eligible as a "Specified Investment" unless the final maturity or date of return of such investment is on or before the Special Distribution Date next following the Cut-off Date for such Trust by at least 15 days.
Examples of Specified Investments in a sentence
The credit criteria and maximum periods are set out in the Schedule of Specified and Non Specified Investments appended to the AIS.
Specified Investments – These investments are sterling investments of not more than one-year maturity, or those which could be for a longer period but where the Council has the right to be repaid within 12 months if it wishes.
Non-Specified Investments are those investments that do not meet the criteria of Specified Investments.
As determined by CLG’s Investment Guidance, Specified Investments offer “high security and high liquidity”.
Specified Investments (i.e. ‘low risk’ instruments as defined by Statutory Guidance) shall constitute at least 50% of the portfolio at any time.
More Definitions of Specified Investments
Specified Investments. With respect to any Trust, means, unless otherwise specified in the related Trust Supplement, (i) obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States Government or agencies thereof, (ii) open market commercial paper of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof rated at least P-2 or its equivalent by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or at least A-2 or its equivalent by Standard & Poor's Rating Group, (iii) certificates of deposit issued by commercial banks organized under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof having a combined capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 which banks or their holding companies have a rating of A or its equivalent by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Rating Group; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the aggregate amount at any one time so invested in certificates of deposit issued by any one bank shall not exceed 5% of such bank's capital and surplus, (iv) U.S. dollar denominated offshore certificates of deposit issued by, or offshore time deposits with, any commercial bank described in (iii) or any subsidiary thereof and (v) repurchase agreements with any financial institution having combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 with any of the obligations described in clauses (i) through (iv) as collateral; PROVIDED FURTHER that if all of the above investments are unavailable, the entire amounts to be invested may be used to purchase Federal Funds from an entity described in clause (iii) above; and PROVIDED FURTHER that no investment shall be eligible as a "Specified Investment" unless the final maturity or date of return of such investment is on or before the Special Distribution Date next following the Cut-off Date, if any, for such Trust by more than 20 days.
Specified Investments. Means (i) obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States Government or agencies thereof, (ii) open market commercial paper of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof rated at least P-2 or its equivalent by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or at least A-2 or its equivalent by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, (iii) certificates of deposit issued by commercial banks organized under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof having a combined capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 which banks or their holding companies have a rating of A or its equivalent by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Ratings Group; provided, however, that the aggregate amount at any one time so invested in certificates of deposit issued by any one bank shall not exceed 5% of such bank's capital and surplus, (iv) U.S. dollar denominated offshore certificates of deposit issued by, or offshore time deposits with, any commercial bank described in (iii) or any subsidiary thereof, (v) repurchase agreements with any financial institution having combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 with any of the obligations described in clauses (i) through (iv) as collateral and (vi) any mutual fund the portfolio of which is limited to investments of the types specified in the preceding clauses (i) through (v), including any proprietary mutual fund of The First National Bank of Maryland for which such bank or an affiliate is investment advisor or to which such bank provides other services and receives reasonable compensation for such services; provided further that if all of the above investments are unavailable, the entire amounts to be invested may be used to purchase Federal Funds from an entity described in clause (iii) above.
Specified Investments means (a) direct obligations of the United States of America and agencies thereof for which the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged, (b) obligations fully guaranteed by the United States of America, (c) certificates of deposit issued by, or bankers' acceptances of, or time deposits with, any bank, trust company or national banking association incorporated or doing business under the laws of the United States of America or one of the States thereof having combined capital and surplus and retained earnings of at least five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) (including the Trustee if such conditions are met), (d) commercial paper of companies (which may include the Company), banks, trust companies or national banking associations incorporated or doing business under the laws of the United States of America or one of the States thereof and in each case having a rating assigned to such commercial paper by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of the XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies Inc. or Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or, if neither such organization shall rate such commercial paper at any time, by any nationally recognized rating organization in the United States of America) equal to the highest rating assigned by such organization, (e) purchase agreements with any financial institution having a combined capital and surplus of at least seven hundred and fifty million dollars ($750,000,000) fully collateralized by obligations of the type described in clauses (a) through (d) above and (f) money market funds having a rating in the highest investment category granted thereby by a recognized credit rating agency at the time of acquisition, including any fund for which the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee serves as an investment advisor, administrator, shareholder servicing agent, custodian or subcustodian, notwithstanding that (i) the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee charges and collects fees and expenses from such funds for services rendered (provided that such charges, fees and expenses are on terms consistent with terms negotiated at arm's length) and (ii) the Trustee charges and collects fees and expenses for services rendered pursuant to the Indenture; provided that if all of the above investments are unavailable, the entire amount to be invested may be used to purchase Federal Funds from an entity described in (c) above; and provided further that no investment shall be eligible as a "Specified Investment" unless the final ma...
Specified Investments. Means, with respect to any Trust, unless otherwise specified in the related Trust Supplement, (i) obligations of the United States Government or agencies thereof, or obligations guaranteed by the United States Government, (ii) open market commercial paper of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof rated at least P-2 or its equivalent by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or at least A-2 or its equivalent by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business (including the Trustee if such conditions are met), (iii) certificates of deposit issued by commercial banks organized under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof having a combined capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 which banks or their holding companies have a rating of A or its equivalent by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or A2 or its equivalent by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business (including the Trustee if such conditions are met); provided, however, that the aggregate amount at any one time so invested in certificates of deposit issued by any one bank shall not exceed 5% of such bank’s capital and surplus, (iv) U.S. dollar denominated offshore certificates of deposit issued by, or offshore time deposits with, any commercial bank described in clause (iii) above or any subsidiary thereof, and (v) repurchase agreements with any financial institution having combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 (including the Trustee if such conditions are met) with any of the obligations described in clauses (i) through (iv) as collateral; provided further that if all of the above investments are unavailable, the entire amounts to be invested may be used to purchase federal funds from an entity described in clause (iii) above; and provided further that no investment shall be eligible as a “Specified Investment” unless the final maturity or date of return of such investment is on or before the Special Distribution Date next following the Cut-off Date for such Trust by at least 15 days. The Trustee is hereby authorized, in making or disposing of any investment described herein, to deal with itself (in its individual capacity) or with any one or more of its Affiliates, whether it or such Affiliate is acting as an agent of the Trustee or for any third person or dealing as principal for its own account.
Specified Investments means, with respect to any Trust, unless otherwise specified in the related Trust Supplement, (i) obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States Government or agencies thereof, (ii) open market commercial paper of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof rated at least P-2 or its equivalent by Moodx'x Xxxestors Service, Inc. or at least A-2 or its equivalent by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGrxx-Xxxx Xxxpanies, Inc., (iii) certificates of deposit issued by commercial banks organized under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof having a combined capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000 which banks or their holding companies have a rating of A or its equivalent by Moodx'x Xxxestors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The McGrxx-Xxxx Xxxpanies, Inc.; provided, however, that the aggregate amount at any one time so invested in certificates of deposit issued by any one bank shall not exceed 5 % of such bank's capital and surplus, (iv) U.S. dollar-denominated offshore certificates of deposit issued by, or offshore time deposits with, any commercial bank described in clause (iii) above or any subsidiary thereof and (v) repurchase agreements with any financial institution having combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 with any of the obligations described in clauses (i) through (iv) above as collateral; provided, further, that if all of the above investments are unavailable, the entire amounts to be invested may be used to purchase federal funds from an entity described in clause (iii) above.
Specified Investments has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pass Through Trust Agreement.
Specified Investments means (i) direct obligations of the United States Government, the obligations of which bear the full faith and credit of the United States; (ii) obligations fully guaranteed by the United States; (iii) certificates of deposit issued by any commercial bank incorporated under the laws of the United States or one of the States thereof (but not exceeding $10,000,000 in principal amount or deposits at any given time for any one bank) having a combined capital surplus and undivided income of at least $750,000,000 and having a rating of "B" or better from Thomxxxx XxxkWatch, Inc.; (iv) repurchase agreements (but not exceeding $10,000,000 in principal amount or deposits at any given time for any one bank) with any financial institution having combined capital and fully collateralized by an obligation of the type described in clauses (i) through (iii) as collateral pursuant to which an entity referred to in clause (iii) above or another financial institution having a net worth of at least $750,000,000 and having a rating of "B" or better from the Thomxxxx XxxkWatch, Inc. is obligated to repurchase any such obligation not later than ninety (90) days after the purchase of any such obligation; and (v) money market funds which invest solely in obligations described in clause (i); provided that if all of the above investments are unavailable, the entire amounts to be invested may be used to purchase Federal funds from an entity described in clause (iii) above; and provided further that no investment shall be eligible as a "Specified Investment" unless the final maturity or date of return of such investment is on or before the date which is ninety (90) days from the date of purchase thereof.