Unless the shareholders of each of the companies involved in the merger decide otherwise under the conditions provided for in II of Article L. 236-10, the shareholder information provided for in the fifth paragraph of I of Article L. 236-9 is communicated to them in the form provided for in Article R. 236-2 or, where applicable, Article R. 236-3, as from the day on which the boards of directors or management boards of the companies participating in the transaction become aware of it.
This information is also sent, without delay, to the boards of directors or management boards of the other companies participating in the transaction, by any means against acknowledgement of receipt. The latter shall inform their shareholders in the manner provided for in the first paragraph.
This modification shall also be the subject of information at the general meetings of each of the companies participating in the operation.