The documents provided for in Article R. 236-4 need not be made available at the registered office if, for an uninterrupted period beginning no later than thirty days before the date set for the general meeting or the meeting of the competent body called to vote on the draft terms of merger and not ending before the end of that meeting, the company publishes them on its main website, under conditions that guarantee the security and authenticity of the documents.
When the website is no longer accessible for an uninterrupted period of at least twenty-four hours, the provisions of Article R. 236-4 shall apply. In this case, the period referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 236-3 is suspended until such time as the documents are made available.
No copies of the documents referred to in Article R. 236-4 may be obtained when the website of the companies participating in the transaction allows shareholders to download and print them free of charge.