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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="8-506" title_number="8" title_name="Investment Securities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Security Entitlements">
  <text>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:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The securities intermediary acts with respect to the duty as agreed upon by the entitlement holder and the securities intermediary; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
