Income Notes. There is no assurance that the Issuer will be able to acquire Collateral Obligations that satisfy the Investment Criteria. The Co-Issuers will, within 20 Business Days of the Ramp-Up End Date, request each Rating Agency to confirm within 30 Business Days after the Ramp-Up End Date, the ratings assigned on the Closing Date to the Senior Notes. If any of such ratings on the Senior Notes arc not confirmed. on the next and succeeding Payment Dates the Senior Notes will be redeemed, beginning with the most senior Class Outstanding, in accordance with the Priority of Payments until such ratings are confirmed. Changes in Rating Methodology. One or more credit rating agencies may in the future and from time to time change their methodologies with respect to the rating of Collateral Obligations and Eligible Investments and/or securities of collateralized debt obligation transactions such as the Notes. There can be no assurance as to the effect of any such actions on the Notes. Such actions could cause a Rating Agency to downgrade, qualify or withdraw the rating of any Class of Securities, or make it more difficult to obtain confirmation of those ratings in the circumstances where the Co-Issuers are required to do so under the Indenture. Such actions may also affect the relative demand for and supply of different types of Collateral Obligations in relevant debt markets, which may in turn affect the ability of the Issuer to acquire and/or sell such obligations at economically advantageous prices and consequently the return to the Issuer from such investments. The Issuer may be permitted to amend the Indenture, without the consent of the Holders of Notes, but with the consent of the relevant Rating Agency, to accommodate certain such changes, Assignments and Participations. The Issuer may acquire interests in loans either directly (by way of assignment from the selling institution) or indirectly (by purchasing a participation interest from the s