KRS 394.550: Stock legacy to include split shares, dividends, and shares issued in merger

and exchange.

A legacy of stock, regardless of whether it is construed to be general or specific, shall

include:

(1) All stock split shares attributable to the devised shares;

(2) All stock dividends attributable to the devised shares;

(3) All shares of stock issued as a result of merger, consolidation, reorganization or

other similar action, and attributable to the devised shares; and

(4) All shares of stock issued in exchang e for and attributable to the devised shares,

received by the testator after execution of the will or by his estate after his death,

unless there is in the will or a codicil thereto a manifest intention to the contrary.