Common use of Senior Lien Clause in Contracts

Senior Lien. Before the Scheduled Commercial Operation Date, Seller shall grant PacifiCorp a senior, unsubordinated lien on the Facility and its assets as security for performance of this Agreement by executing, acknowledging and delivering a security agreement and a deed of trust or a mortgage, in a recordable form (each in a form satisfactory to PacifiCorp in the reasonable exercise of its discretion). Pending delivery of the senior lien to PacifiCorp, Seller shall not cause or permit the Facility or its assets to be burdened by liens or other encumbrances that would be superior to PacifiCorp’s, other than workers’, mechanics’, suppliers’ or similar liens, or tax liens, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business that are either not yet due and payable or that have been released by means of a performance bond posted within eight (8) calendar days of the commencement of any proceeding to foreclose the lien. [SKIP THIS SECTION 10.4 UNLESS SELLER SELECTED STEP-IN RIGHTS ALTERNATIVE]

Senior Lien. Before the Scheduled Commercial Operation Date, Seller shall grant PacifiCorp a senior, unsubordinated lien on the Facility and its assets as security for performance of this Agreement by executing, acknowledging and delivering a security agreement and a deed of trust or a mortgage, in a recordable form (each in a form satisfactory to PacifiCorp in the reasonable exercise of its discretion). Pending delivery of the senior lien to PacifiCorp, Seller shall not cause or permit the Facility or its assets to be burdened by liens or other encumbrances that would be superior to PacifiCorp’s, other than workers’, mechanics’, suppliers’ or similar liens, or tax liens, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business that are either not yet due and payable or that have been released by means of a performance bond posted within eight (8) calendar days of the commencement of any proceeding to foreclose the lien. [SKIP THIS SECTION 10.4 UNLESS SELLER SELECTED STEP-IN RIGHTS ALTERNATIVE]] SAMPLE