A person carrying out a valuation or making a report under Article 113 or 114, with respect to any consideration proposed to be accepted or given by a company, is entitled to require from the officers of the company such information and explanation as he thinks necessary to enable him to carry out the valuation or make the report and provide a note under Article 118(6) or (as the case may be) Article 119(2)(c).

Paragraph (2) applies to any statement made (whether orally or in writing) to a person carrying out a valuation or making a report under Article 118 or 119, being a statement which conveys or purports to convey any information or explanation which that person requires, or is entitled to require, under paragraph (1).