SECTION 674

Any public limited company involved in a merger transaction shall make available to its shareholders, at the headquarters, fifteen (15) days at least prior to the date of the general meeting called to decide on the project, the following documents: 1) the draft merger instrument; 2) reports referred to in articles 671and 672 above; 3) the summary financial statements approved by general meetings as well as the last three (3) year management reports of the companies involved in the transaction; 4) an accounting report prepared based on the same methods and the same layout as the last annual balance sheet, adopted on a date which, if the last summary financial statements pertain to a fiscal year whose end is earlier than more than six (6) months on the date of the proposed merger, must be earlier than less than three (3) months from the date of this project. Any shareholder may obtain, at his expense, on demand, copy of all or part of the above- mentioned documents. Documents listed above may be made available to shareholders electronically. The general meeting may be cancelled in the event of non-compliance with the provisions of this article.