A securities intermediary shall exercise rights with respect to a financial asset if directed to do so by an entitlement holder. A securities intermediary satisfies the duty if:
(1)
the securities intermediary acts with respect to the duty as agreed upon by the entitlement holder and the securities intermediary; or
Terms Used In Utah Code 70A-8-506
Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
Entitlement holder: means a person identified in the records of a securities intermediary as the person having a security entitlement against the securities intermediary. See Utah Code 70A-8-101
Financial asset: except as otherwise provided in Section 70A-8-102, means:
(A)
a security;
(B)
an obligation of a person or a share, participation, or other interest in a person or in property or an enterprise of a person, which is or is of a type, dealt in or traded on financial markets, or which is recognized in any area in which it is issued or dealt in as a medium for investment; or
(C)
any property that is held by a securities intermediary for another person in a securities account if that securities intermediary has expressly agreed with the other person that the property is to be treated as a financial asset under this chapter. See Utah Code 70A-8-101
Securities intermediary: means :
(i)
a clearing corporation; or
(ii)
a person, including a bank or broker, that in the ordinary course of its business maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity. See Utah Code 70A-8-101
(2)
in the absence of agreement, the securities intermediary either places the entitlement holder in a position to exercise the rights directly or exercises due care in accordance with reasonable commercial standards to follow the direction of the entitlement holder.
