SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16 U.K. Mergers: Supplementary Provisions

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 16 excluded by S.I. 1986/2168, art. 9(2)(b)(3)

Part II U.K. Notification of Proposals for Merger

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Sch. 16 Pt. II (paras. 2–6) excluded by S.I. 1986/2169, art. 10

Duty to notify members U.K.

3 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, it shall be the duty of a building society receiving a merger proposal to send, in accordance with this Part of this Schedule, a merger statement in respect of the proposal to every member entitled to notice of a meeting of the society. U.K.

(2) A merger statement must contain the following particulars—

(a) the fact that a merger proposal has been made, and

(b) the identity of the proposer,

with or without other particulars regarding the proposal.

(3) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not require a merger statement to be sent to members if the proposer has requested in writing that the requisite particulars are to be treated as confidential; and, where such a request is made and is at a later date withdrawn in writing, the society receiving the proposal shall, for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, treat the proposal as having been received on that date instead of any earlier date.