Common use of LIMITATION UPON MORTGAGES AND LIENS Clause in Contracts

LIMITATION UPON MORTGAGES AND LIENS. The Company will not at any time directly or indirectly create or assume and will not cause or permit a Subsidiary directly or indirectly to create or assume, except in favor of the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance upon any Principal Facility or any interest it may have therein or upon any stock of any Regulated Subsidiary or any indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, without making effective provision (and the Company covenants that in such case it will make or cause to be made, effective provision) whereby the outstanding Notes and any other indebtedness of the Company then entitled thereto shall be secured by such mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance equally and ratably with any and all other obligations and indebtedness thereby secured, so long as any such other obligations and indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, however, that the foregoing covenant shall not be applicable to the lien of the Bond Indenture or Permitted Encumbrances.

LIMITATION UPON MORTGAGES AND LIENS. The Company will not at any time directly or indirectly create or assume and will not cause or permit a Subsidiary directly or indirectly to create or assume, except in favor of the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance upon any Principal Facility or any interest it may have therein or upon any stock of any Regulated Subsidiary or any indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, without making effective provision (and the Company covenants that in such case it will make or cause to be made, effective provision) whereby the outstanding Notes and any other indebtedness of the Company then entitled thereto shall be secured by such mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance equally and ratably with any and all other obligations and indebtedness thereby secured, so long as any such other obligations and indebtedness shall be so secured; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the foregoing covenant shall not be applicable to the lien of the Bond Iowa-Illinois Indenture, the lien of the Midwest Power Indenture or Permitted Encumbrances.

LIMITATION UPON MORTGAGES AND LIENS. The Company will not at any time directly or indirectly create or assume and will not cause or permit a Subsidiary directly or indirectly to create or assume, except in favor of the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance upon any Principal Facility or any interest it may have therein or upon any stock of any Regulated Subsidiary or any indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, without making effective provision (and the Company covenants that in such case it will make or cause to be made, effective provision) whereby the outstanding Notes and any other indebtedness of the Company then entitled thereto shall be secured by such mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance equally and ratably with any and all other obligations and indebtedness thereby secured, so long as any such other obligations and indebtedness shall be so secured; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the foregoing covenant shall not be applicable to the lien of the Bond Indenture or Permitted Encumbrances.

LIMITATION UPON MORTGAGES AND LIENS. The Company will not at any time directly or indirectly create or assume and will not cause or permit a Subsidiary directly or indirectly to create or assume, except in favor of the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, any mortgage, pledge or other lien or encumbrance upon any Principal Facility or any interest it may have therein or upon any stock of any Regulated Subsidiary or any indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, without making effective provision (and the Company covenants that in such case it will make or cause to be made, effective provision) whereby the outstanding Notes and any other indebtedness of the Company then entitled thereto shall be secured by such mortgage, pledge, lien or encumbrance equally and ratably with any and all other obligations and indebtedness thereby secured, so long as any such other obligations and indebtedness shall be so secured; secured (provided, howeverthat for the purpose of providing such equal and ratable security, the principal amount of outstanding Original Issue Discount Notes shall be their Amortized Face Amount); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing covenant shall not be applicable to the lien of the Bond Iowa-Illinois Indenture, the lien of the Midwest Power Indenture or Permitted Encumbrances.