Protected purchaser

(a) For the purposes of this article, the term “protected purchaser” means a purchaser of a certificated or uncertificated security, or of an interest therein, who: (1) Gives value; (2) Does not have notice of any adverse claim to the security; and (3) Obtains control of the certificated or uncertificated security. (b) A protected purchaser also acquires its interest in the security free of any adverse claim.