those First Mortgage Bonds will also be secured by the Mortgage. The Mortgage constitutes a first mortgage lien on all of the properties and franchises that FPL owns, except as discussed below.
The lien of the Mortgage is or may be subject to the following:
(1)
leases of minor portions of FPL’s property to others for uses that do not interfere with FPL’s business,
(2)
leases of certain property that is not used in FPL’s electric business,
(3)
Excepted Encumbrances, which include certain tax and real estate liens, and specified rights, easements, restrictions and other obligations, and
(4)
vendors’ liens, purchase money mortgages and liens on property that already exist at the time FPL acquires that property.
FPL has reserved the right to amend the Mortgage without the consent or other action by the holders of any First Mortgage Bonds created on or after June 15, 2018, to revise the definition of “Excepted Encumbrances” to mean the following:
(1)
tax liens, assessments and other governmental charges or requirements which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or of which at least ten business days’ notice has not been given to FPL’s general counsel or to such other person designated by FPL to receive such notices,
(2)
mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s, materialmen’s, warehousemen’s and carriers’ liens, other liens incident to construction, liens or privileges of any of FPL’s employees for salary or wages earned, but not yet payable, and other liens, including without limitation liens for worker’s compensation awards, arising in the ordinary course of business for charges or requirements which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or of which at least ten business days’ notice has not been given to FPL’s general counsel or to such other person designated by FPL to receive such notices,
(3)
specified judgment liens and prepaid liens,
(4)
easements, leases, reservations or other rights of others (including governmental entities) in, and defects of title in, FPL’s property,
(5)
liens securing indebtedness or other obligations relating to real property FPL acquired for specified transmission or distribution purposes or for the purpose of obtaining rights-of-way,
(6)
specified leases and leasehold, license, franchise and permit interests,
(7)
liens resulting from law, rules, regulations, orders or rights of governmental authorities and specified liens required by law or governmental regulations,
(8)
liens to secure public obligations; rights of others to take minerals, timber, electric energy or capacity, gas, water, steam or other products produced by FPL or by others on FPL’s property,
(9)
rights and interests of persons other than FPL arising out of agreements relating to the common ownership or joint use of property, and liens on the interests of those persons in the property,
(10)
restrictions on assignment and/or requirements of any assignee to qualify as a permitted assignee and/or public utility or public services corporation,
(11)
liens which have been bonded for the full amount in dispute or for the payment of which other adequate security arrangements have been made, and
(12)
easements, ground leases or rights-of-way for the purpose of roads, pipe lines, transmission lines, distribution lines, communication lines, railways, removal or transportation of coal, lignite, gas, oil or other minerals or timber, and other like purposes, or for the joint or common use of real property, rights-of-way, facilities and/or equipment.