(1). Before due presentment for registration of transfer of a certificated security in registered form or of an instruction requesting registration of transfer of an uncertificated security, the issuer or indenture trustee may treat the registered owner as the person exclusively entitled to vote, receive notifications and otherwise exercise all the rights and powers of an owner.

[PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. B, §2 (NEW).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 8-1207

  • Instruction: means a notification communicated to the issuer of an uncertificated security that directs that the transfer of the security be registered or that the security be redeemed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 8-1102
  • Security: except as otherwise provided in section 8?1103, means an obligation of an issuer or a share, participation or other interest in an issuer or in property or an enterprise of an issuer:
    (i) That is represented by a security certificate in bearer or registered form or the transfer of which may be registered upon books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer;
    (ii) That is one of a class or series or by its terms is divisible into a class or series of shares, participations, interests or obligations; and
    (iii) That:
    (A) Is, or is of a type, dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or securities markets; or
    (B) Is a medium for investment and by its terms expressly provides that it is a security governed by this Article. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 8-1102
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Uncertificated security: means a security that is not represented by a certificate. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 8-1102
(2). This Article does not affect the liability of the registered owner of a security for a call, assessment or the like.

[PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. B, §2 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1997, c. 429, §B2 (NEW).