2017 Alaska Statutes
Title 45. Trade and Commerce
Chapter 08. Investment Securities
Article 5. Security Entitlements
Sec. 45.08.509. Specification of duties of securities intermediary by other statute, regulation, or rule; manner of performance of duties of securities intermediary and exercise of rights of entitlement holder.
(a) If the substance of a duty imposed upon a securities intermediary by AS 45.08.504 — 45.08.508 is the subject of other statute, regulation, or rule, compliance with that statute, regulation, or rule satisfies the duty.
(b) To the extent that specific standards for the performance of the duties of a securities intermediary or the exercise of the rights of an entitlement holder are not specified by other statute, regulation, or rule or by agreement between the securities intermediary and entitlement holder, the securities intermediary shall perform the duties of the securities intermediary and the entitlement holder shall exercise the rights of the entitlement holder in a commercially reasonable manner.
(c) The obligation of a securities intermediary to perform the duties imposed by AS 45.08.504 — 45.08.508 is subject to the rights of the securities intermediary
(1) arising out of a security interest under a security agreement with the entitlement holder or otherwise; and
(2) under other law, regulation, rule, or agreement to withhold performance of the duties of the securities intermediary as a result of unfulfilled obligations of the entitlement holder to the securities intermediary.
(d) AS 45.08.504 — 45.08.508 do not require a securities intermediary to take action that is prohibited by other statute, regulation, or rule.
