(d)__In other cases:

(i)__If the debtor has a name, only if it provides the individual or organizational name of the debtor; and

(ii)__If the debtor does not have a name, only if it provides the names of the partners, members, associates or other persons comprising the debtor.

(2)__A financing statement that provides the name of the debtor in accordance with subsection (1) is not rendered ineffective by the absence of:

(a)__A trade name or other name of the debtor; or

(b)__Unless required under subsection (1), paragraph (d), subparagraph (ii), names of partners, members, associates or other persons comprising the debtor.

(3)__A financing statement that provides only the debtor's trade name does not sufficiently provide the name of the debtor.

(4)__Failure to indicate the representative capacity of a secured party or representative of a secured party does not affect the sufficiency of a financing statement.

(5)__A financing statement may provide the name of more than one debtor and the name of more than one secured party.

Official Comment

1. Source. Subsections (a)(4)(A), (b), and (c) [Maine cite subsection (1), paragraph (d), subparagraph (i), subsections (2) and (3)] derive from former Section 9-402(7); otherwise, new.

2. Debtor's Name. The requirement that a financing statement provide the debtor's name is particularly important. Financing statements are indexed under the name of the debtor, and those who wish to find financing statements search for them under the debtor's name. Subsection (a) [Maine cite subsection (1)] explains what the debtor's name is for purposes of a financing statement. If the debtor is a "registered organization" (defined in Section 9-102 [Maine cite section 9-1102] so as to ordinarily include corporations, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies), then the debtor's