Rating Group definition

Rating Group means a classification of vehicles for rating purposes as prescribed in schedules to this regulation, or as otherwise prescribed in this Part. (« groupe de tarification »)
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Rating Group means any of Rating Group I, Rating Group II, Rating Group III, Rating Group IV, Rating Group V and Rating Group VI, each defined as follows:
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Rating Group means any of Rating Group I, Rating Group II, Rating Group III, Rating Group IV and Rating Group V.
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Examples of Rating Group in a sentence

  • Subsequent to the execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement, (i) neither Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“S&P”) nor Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.

  • Debt securities rated BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“Standard & Poor’s”), or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

  • Debt securities rated BBB or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“Standard & Poor’s”), Baa or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

  • Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company has no knowledge of any threatened or pending downgrading of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ claims-paying ability rating or financial strength rating by A.M. Best Company, Inc., Standard & Poor’s Rating Group, Moody’s Investor Service, Inc., Fitch Ratings, Ltd.

  • The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Term Loans and the Borrower’s corporate credit or corporate family credit rating to continue to be rated by either Standard & Poor’s Rating Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service Inc., as applicable (but not to maintain a specific rating).

  • Investment grade securities are securities that are rated at the time of purchase at least BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“Standard & Poor’s”) or at least Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

  • Ambac Assurance has earned triple-A ratings, the highest ratings available from Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Standard & Poor's Rating Group, Fitch IBCA, Inc., and Japan Rating and Investment Information, Inc.

  • If at any time any two of the credit ratings then assigned to Guarantor's unsecured, senior long-term debt obligations falls below "Investment Grade" from the Standard & Poor's Rating Group (a division of XxXxxx-Xxxx, Inc.) or its successor ("S&P"),"Investment Grade" from Xxxxx'x Investor Services, Inc.

  • Bank may transfer or assign all or any portion of its rights or obligations under the Transaction without consent of the Company to any third party with a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness equal to or better than the lesser of (1) the credit rating of Bank at the time of the transfer and (2) A- by Standard and Poor’s Rating Group, Inc.

  • Debt securities rated BBB or higher by Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“Standard & Poor’s”), or Baa or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.


More Definitions of Rating Group

Rating Group means any of Rating Group I, Rating Group II or Rating Group III.
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Rating Group means any of Rating Group I, Rating Group II, Rating Group III and Rating Group IV." "'Rating Group I' shall mean (a) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (b) the Mxxxx'x Rating is at or above Baa1 (or a Substitute Rating is at the corresponding rating level or higher) or the S&P Rating is at or above BBB+ (or a Substitute Rating is at the corresponding rating level or higher); "Rating Group II" shall mean (a) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Mxxxx'x Rating is at or above Baa2 (or a Substitute Rating is at the corresponding rating level or higher) or the S&P Rating is at or above BBB (or a Substitute Rating is at the corresponding rating level or higher) and (c) Rating Group I is not in effect; "Rating Group III" shall mean (a) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Mxxxx'x Rating is at or above Baa3 (or a Substitute Rating is at the corresponding rating level or higher) or the S&P Rating is at or above BBB- (or a Substitute Rating is at the corresponding rating level or higher) and (c) neither Rating Group I nor Rating Group II is in effect; and "Rating Group IV" shall mean none of Rating Group I, Rating Group II or Rating Group III is in effect; provided that, (A) if the Mxxxx'x Rating and the S&P Rating (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating) shall be at different Rating levels and one of such Ratings is no more than one Rating level lower than the other of such Ratings, then the applicable Rating Group shall be based upon the higher of such Ratings and (B) if the Mxxxx'x Rating and the S&P Rating (or, in either case, a Substitute Rating) shall be at different Rating levels and one of such Ratings is two or more Rating levels lower than the other of such Ratings, then the applicable Rating Group shall be based upon a Rating that is one level lower than the higher of such Ratings."
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Rating Group means a classification of vehicles for rating purposes established by the corporation. (« groupe de tarification »)
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Related to Rating Group

  • Rating period means the calendar period for which premium rates established by a small employer carrier are assumed to be in effect.

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

  • 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 Downgrade means either:

  • Rating Point means the V&H coordinates associated with a particular telephone number for rating purposes.

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

  • 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.

  • Rating Confirmation means evidence that no Senior Bond rating in effect from a Rating Agency will be withdrawn or reduced solely as a result of an action to be taken under the Indenture.

  • Moody’s First Trigger Ratings Threshold means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee or an Eligible Replacement, (i) if such entity has a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s of “A2” and a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s of “Prime-1”, or (ii) if such entity does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s of “A1”.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • Existing grade means the grade prior to grading.

  • Moody’s Second Trigger Ratings Threshold means, with respect to Party A, the guarantor under an Eligible Guarantee or an Eligible Replacement, (i) if such entity has a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s of “A3” and a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s of “Prime-2”, or (ii) if such entity does not have a short-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating from Moody’s, a long-term unsecured and unsubordinated debt rating or counterparty rating from Moody’s of “A3”.

  • 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.

  • Rating Decline means a decrease in the rating of the Notes by either Xxxxx’x or 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 Rating 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 rating decline either from BB+ to BB or BB- to B+ will constitute a decrease of one gradation.

  • 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).

  • 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 Category means (i) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories: BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories), (ii) with respect to Moody's, any of the following categories: Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories) and (iii) the equivalent of any such category of S&P or Moody's used by another Rating Agency. In determining whether the rating of the Notes has decreased by one or more gradations, gradations within Rating Categories (+ and - for S&P; 1, 2 and 3 for Moody's; or the equivalent gradations for another Rating Agency) shall be taken into account (e.g., with respect to S&P, a decline in a rating from BB to BB-, as well as from BB-to B+, will constitute a decrease of one gradation).

  • Required Ratings Threshold means each of the S&P Required Ratings Threshold and the Moody’s Second Trigger Ratings Threshold.

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

  • Investment Grade Credit Rating means (a) with respect to Fitch, a credit rating of BBB- or higher, (b) with respect to Xxxxx’x, a credit rating of Baa3 or higher and (c) with respect to S&P, a credit rating of BBB- or higher.

  • Highest Rating Category means, with respect to a Permitted Investment, that the Permitted Investment is rated by S&P or Moody’s in the highest rating category given by that rating agency for that general category of security. By way of example, the Highest Rating Category for tax exempt municipal debt established by S&P is “A 1+” for debt with a term of one year or less and “AAA” for a term greater than one year, with corresponding ratings by Moody’s of “MIG 1” (for fixed rate) or “VMIG 1” (for variable rate) for three months or less and “Aaa” for greater than three months. If at any time (i) both S&P and Moody’s rate a Permitted Investment and (ii) one of those ratings is below the Highest Rating Category, then such Permitted Investment will, nevertheless, be deemed to be rated in the Highest Rating Category if the lower rating is no more than one rating category below the highest rating category of that rating agency. For example, a Permitted Investment rated “AAA” by S&P and “Aa3” by Moody’s is rated in the Highest Rating Category. If, however, the lower rating is more than one full rating category below the Highest Rating Category of that Rating Agency, then the Permitted Investment will be deemed to be rated below the Highest Rating Category. For example, a Permitted Investment rated “AAA” by S&P and “A1” by Moody’s is not rated in the Highest Rating Category.