Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Article 5 Common draft terms of cross-border mergers

The management or administrative organ of each of the merging companies shall draw up the common draft terms of cross-border merger. The common draft terms of cross-border merger shall include at least the following particulars:

(a)

the form, name and registered office of the merging companies and those proposed for the company resulting from the cross-border merger;

(b)

the ratio applicable to the exchange of securities or shares representing the company capital and the amount of any cash payment;

(c)

the terms for the allotment of securities or shares representing the capital of the company resulting from the cross-border merger;

(d)

the likely repercussions of the cross-border merger on employment;

(e)

the date from which the holding of such securities or shares representing the company capital will entitle the holders to share in profits and any special conditions affecting that entitlement;

(f)

the date from which the transactions of the merging companies will be treated for accounting purposes as being those of the company resulting from the cross-border merger;

(g)

the rights conferred by the company resulting from the cross-border merger on members enjoying special rights or on holders of securities other than shares representing the company capital, or the measures proposed concerning them;

(h)

any special advantages granted to the experts who examine the draft terms of the cross-border merger or to members of the administrative, management, supervisory or controlling organs of the merging companies;

(i)

the statutes of the company resulting from the cross-border merger;

(j)

where appropriate, information on the procedures by which arrangements for the involvement of employees in the definition of their rights to participation in the company resulting from the cross-border merger are determined pursuant to Article 16;

(k)

information on the evaluation of the assets and liabilities which are transferred to the company resulting from the cross-border merger;

(l)

dates of the merging companies’ accounts used to establish the conditions of the cross-border merger.