Title to Certificates. In the case of Certificates represented by a Global Certificate held by a Common Depository on behalf of a relevant Clearing System or held by a relevant Clearing System or by Euroclear France and French Law Certificates, each person who is for the time being shown in the records of the relevant Clearing System (in the case of English Law Certificates) or whose name appears in the account of the relevant Account Holder (in the case of French Law Certificates or English Law Certificates held through Euroclear France, together the "Euroclear France Certificates") as the holder of a particular amount of Certificates (in which regard any certificate or other document issued by the relevant Clearing System or, as the case may be, Account Holder as to the amount of Certificates standing to the account of any person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes save in the case of manifest error) shall (except as otherwise required by law) be treated by the Issuer, the Guarantor, if any, and the relevant Certificate Agent as the Holder of such amount of Certificates for all purposes (and the expressions "Holder" and "Holder of Certificates" and related expressions shall be construed accordingly). In the case of VPC Certificates, the person for the time being shown in the VPC Register as the holder of a particular amount of Certificates shall (except as otherwise required by law) be treated for all purposes by the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Certificate Agents, VPC and all other persons dealing with such person as the holder thereof and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented thereby notwithstanding any notice to the contrary (and the expressions "Holder" and "Holder of Certificates" and related expressions shall be construed accordingly). The Issuer shall cause such Certificates to be accepted by VPC for clearing and registration in the VPC System in accordance with the SFIA Act and VPC Rules. The Issuer shall have the right to obtain extracts from the debt register of VPC. In the case of Italian Dematerialised Certificates, the person who is for the time being shown in the records of Monte Titoli as the holder of a particular amount of Certificates (in which regard any certificate or other document issued by Monte Titoli as to the amount of Certificates standing to the account of any person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes save in the case of manifest error) shall (except as otherwise required by law) be treated for all purpos...
