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the "centre of main interest" for the company. There is scope for some legal arbitrage: Wind Hellas, a Greek telecoms company with headquarters in Luxembourg, managed to shift its centre of interest to Britain so it could restructure in the British courts. Generally speaking, Britain is deemed to have the

to be a Continuing Apollo Person. "Fitch" means Fitch Ratings Inc. or any successor thereto. "Investment Grade" means a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch) and BBB- or better by (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories o

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with respect to any Structured Finance Obligation that has not been rated by asuant to clause (i) above but has been publicly rated by Moody's or Fitch, then the Rating of such Structured Finance Obligation may be determined using the applicable method below: (A) with respect to any Structured F

determination). "Moody's Group III Country": Any of the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain and any country subsequently determined by Moody's to be a Moody's Group III Country (provided that the Trustee is notified in writi