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requirement for control specified in section 9-1106,
subsection (2), paragraph (b) with respect to commodity
contracts carried or to be carried with the commodity
intermediary.

 
(3)__A security interest held by a securities intermediary in
a security entitlement or a securities account maintained with
the securities intermediary has priority over a conflicting
security interest held by another secured party.

 
(4)__A security interest held by a commodity intermediary in a
commodity contract or a commodity account maintained with the
commodity intermediary has priority over a conflicting security
interest held by another secured party.

 
(5)__A security interest in a certificated security in
registered form that is perfected by taking delivery under
section 9-1313, subsection (1) and not by control under section
9-1314 has priority over a conflicting security interest
perfected by a method other than control.

 
(6)__Conflicting security interests created by a broker,
securities intermediary or commodity intermediary that are
perfected without control under section 9-1106 rank equally.

 
(7)__In all other cases, priority among conflicting security
interests in investment property is governed by sections 9-1322
and 9-1323.

 
Official Comment

 
1. Source. Former Section 9-115(5).

 
2. Scope of This Section. This section contains the rules
governing the priority of conflicting security interests in
investment property. Paragraph (1) [Maine cite subsection (1)]
states the most important general rule-that a secured party who
obtains control has priority over a secured party who does not
obtain control. Paragraphs (2) through (4) [Maine cite
subsections (2) to (4)] deal with conflicting security interests
each of which is perfected by control. Paragraph (5) [Maine cite
subsection (5)] addresses the priority of a security interest in
a certificated security which is perfected by delivery but not
control. Paragraph (6) [Maine cite subsection (6)] deals with
the relatively unusual circumstance in which a broker, securities
intermediary, or commodity intermediary has created conflicting
security interests none of which is perfected by control.
Paragraph (7) [Maine cite subsection (7)] provides that the
general priority rules of
Sections 9322 and 9-323 [Maine cite


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