Dealing with shares on a shareholder's death: the plight of the deceased's personal representative

• Main Authors: Halim, Akmal Hidayah, Mohd Salim, Wan Noraini, Hassan, Halyani, Mohd Noor , Nor Azlina, Arshad, Azhani
• Format: Proceeding Paper
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/41048/1/akmal_abstract.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/41048/2/Akmal.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/41048/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Where a shareholder of a company dies, the right to his interest in the shares will pass to his estate beneficiaries. Nevertheless, before such process could take place, the shares would legally vest in the deceased shareholder’s personal representative via transmission of shares. Undeniably, the mo...