Utah Admin. Code R628-18-3 - Definitions

For purposes of this rule:

(1) Contract(s) means: interest rate exchange or swap contracts, cash flow exchange or swap contracts, any derivatives of these contracts including forward swaps and options to enter into swaps, and interest rate floors, caps and collars that are entered into by a public entity.

(2) Counterparty means: any party to a Contract who has obligations or rights thereunder.

(3) Governing Board means: the board, town council, city council, etc. of a public entity which would oversee the issuing of debt and the management of that debt.

(4) Intermediary Contract means: A Contract that is structured such that any payment owed by any counterparty to any other counterparty is to be made through a person or entity that is not a counterparty to the Contract, where the funds constituting such payment are either, (i) subject to the control of such person or entity; or (ii) subject to execution by the creditors of such person or entity.

(5) Intermediary means: a person or entity that is not a counterparty to a given Intermediary Contract through whom any payment is to be made by a counterparty to any other counterparty as contemplated under the immediately preceding subsection (4).

(6) Notional Amount means: the dollar amount against which a rate is applied to determine the dollar amount payable or receivable by a counterparty under a Contract.

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R628-18-3