QUOTE(plouffle0789 @ Oct 12 2024, 10:23 PM)
But why Teh Family cannot each person hold 5 percent shares?
William Teh Lee Pang
Lillian Teh Li Ming
Lillyn Teh Li Hua
Diona Teh Li Shian
Total 20 percent......
Just sell 3.41 %....
The Teh family, through Consolidated Teh Holdings Sdn Bhd and the estate of Teh Hong Piow, holds a 23.41% stake in Public Bank,
making them the largest shareholder of the bank. Based on Public Bank's issued share capital of 19.4 billion shares,
CGS International Securities Malaysia estimates that the Teh family will need to sell 2.6 billion shares.
That accounts for the bulk of their net worth of $5.4 billion, making them the third richest family in Malaysia, according to the list of Malaysia’s 50 Richest published by Forbes Asia in April.
The bnm 10% rule applies even to family trust. So internally even though all siblings got an equal 5% share, legally the shares still owned by teh estate trust.
The only alternative is to transfer or sell the shares to the children.
The children probably don’t have the cash to buy so much shares outright.
They may be legal and tax reasons why the estate cannot just transfer or gift the shares for free to the children.
Teh himself may have stipulated in his will that he wants the trust to maintain 10% shares in perpetuity. So that there is no danger of charsieu squander away all the wealth. This is very much like tata foundation in India or Rothschild estate.