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a) Compulsory issue
of notice – Where a private
company refuse to transfer the
shares, it must give a notice of
such refusal
b) Notice to whom?-
The notice shall be given to
Transferor
Transferee
Person
giving intimation of transmission
d) Application by
whom?
The company
SEBI
The depository
The depository participant
e) Rights of
information
NOMINATION OF SHARES
1. Applicability a) All companies
b) Nomination is optional
2. Nomination by Every member is an individual can make a nomination
whom?
3. Who can be a a) Only an individual can be nominee
nominee? b) Two or more individuals can be jointly made
nominees
TRANSMISSION OF SHARES
1. Mean of Passing of title of a person to another by operation of law.
‘transmission’
2. Transmissi Where the shares are held jointly by two or more persons,
on in case of transmission shall take place only when all the joint holders die.
joint holding
3. Reasons a) Death of a member.
for
transmission b) Insolvency of a member.
4. Effect of A person entitled to the shares as a
death or consequence of death or insolvency of a member does not
insolvency of automatically become a member in the company.
a member
He becomes a member only when he
makes an application in writing to the company, and the
company registers him as a member by making an entry in
the register of members.
5. Rights of a Right to The person entitled to the shares is required to make
legal become an application in writing to the company requesting
representative a the company to admit him as a member. No transfer
member deed is required in such a case.
Right to If the person entitled to the shares chooses to sell
transfer such shares without first becoming a member, he is
the required to execute a transfer deed. The transfer
shares to deed signed by him shall be valid for transfer of such
any other shares, even though he is not a member in relation to
person such shares.
b) share certificate
Certification made by the On receipt of share transfer deed and share
company certificate from the member, the company shall
adopt the following procedure:
FORGED TRANSFER
Meaning of forged transfer The term ‘forged transfer’ means transfer of
shares made on the basis of a transfer deed on
which the transferor’s signatures are forged.
Forged transfer is void ab into A forged transfer is a nullity (i.e., without any legal
effect).
Rights of parties a) The transferee does not become the owner
of such shares.
b) The original owner continues to be the
shareholder
c) Where a company has registered the
transferee as a shareholder on the basis of a
forged transfer, following consequence shall
follow:
(i) The original owner can compel the
company to restore his name on the register
of member.
(ii) The company may cancel the share
certificate issued to the transferee, and
consequently the transferee shall cease to
be a member of the company.
(iii) Where the transferee has already
transferred the shares to an innocent
purchaser, the position will be as follows:
The company can refuse to
register the new purchaser of shares, as a
member.
However, the new
purchaser of shares shall have a right to
claim damages from the company.
BLANK TRANSFER
Meaning of ‘blank A transfer of shares shall be said to be blank if –
transfer’
It contain the signatures of the transferor; but