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Article 2 - Minimum information content of the exemption document

Article 2

Minimum information content of the exemption document

1.   An exemption document shall contain the relevant information which is necessary to enable investors to understand:

(a)

the prospects of the issuer, and, depending on the type of transaction, of the offeree company, of the company being acquired or of the company being divided, and any significant changes in the business and financial position of each of those companies that have occurred since the end of the previous financial year;

(b)

the rights attaching to the equity securities;

(c)

a description of the transaction and its impact on the issuer.

The information contained in an exemption document shall be written and presented in an easily analysable, concise and comprehensible form and shall enable investors to make an informed investment decision.

An exemption document shall include the minimum information referred to in Annex I to this Regulation.

An exemption document shall, however, include the minimum information referred to in Annex II to this Regulation where all of the following conditions are met:

(a)

the exemption document relates to a takeover by means of an exchange offer in respect of which the conditions laid down in Article 1(6a), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 have been fulfilled;

(b)

the equity securities offered are not fungible with existing securities already admitted to trading on a regulated market prior to the takeover and its related transaction, or the takeover is considered to be a reverse acquisition transaction within the meaning of paragraph B19 of international financial reporting standard (IFRS) 3, Business Combinations, adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 (3).

2.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1 and without prejudice to Article 1(5), first subparagraph, points (a) or (b), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, where, in connection with a transaction, the equity securities are offered to the public or are to be admitted to trading on a regulated market and are fungible with and represent no more than 10 % of equity securities already admitted to trading on a regulated market, the exemption document shall only contain the minimum information referred to in sections 1, 3 and 5 and in items 2.2 and 4.2 of Annex I to this Regulation.


(3)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 of 3 November 2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 320, 29.11.2008, p. 1).