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70A-8-503. Property interest of entitlement holder in financial asset held bysecurities intermediary.
(1) To the extent necessary for a securities intermediary to satisfy all security entitlementswith respect to a particular financial asset, all interests in that financial asset held by the securitiesintermediary are held by the securities intermediary for the entitlement holders, are not propertyof the securities intermediary, and are not subject to claims of creditors of the securitiesintermediary, except as otherwise provided in Section 70A-8-511.
(2) An entitlement holder's property interest with respect to a particular financial assetunder Subsection (1) is a pro rata property interest in all interests in that financial asset held by thesecurities intermediary, without regard to the time the entitlement holder acquired the securityentitlement or the time the securities intermediary acquired the interest in that financial asset.
(3) An entitlement holder's property interest with respect to a particular financial assetunder Subsection (1) may be enforced against the securities intermediary only by exercise of thatentitlement holder's rights under Sections 70A-8-505 through 70A-8-508.
(4) (a) An entitlement holder's property interest with respect to a particular financial assetunder Subsection (1) may be enforced against a purchaser of the financial asset or interest thereinonly if:
(i) insolvency proceedings have been initiated by or against the securities intermediary;
(ii) the securities intermediary does not have sufficient interests in the financial asset tosatisfy the security entitlements of all of its entitlement holders to that financial asset;
(iii) the securities intermediary violated its obligations under Section 70A-8-504 bytransferring the financial asset or interest therein to the purchaser; and
(iv) the purchaser is not protected under Subsection (5).
(b) The trustee or other liquidator, acting on behalf of all entitlement holders havingsecurity entitlements with respect to a particular financial asset, may recover the financial asset,or interest therein, from the purchaser. If the trustee or other liquidator elects not to pursue thatright, an entitlement holder whose security entitlement remains unsatisfied has the right to recoverits interest in the financial asset from the purchaser.
(5) An action based on the entitlement holder's property interest with respect to aparticular financial asset under Subsection (1), whether framed in conversion, replevin,constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory, may not be asserted against any purchaser of afinancial asset or interest therein who gives value, obtains control, and does not act in collusionwith the securities intermediary in violating the securities intermediary's obligations under Section70A-8-504.

Enacted by Chapter 204, 1996 General Session