The draft terms of merger are filed with the clerk of the court of the registered office of each of the participating companies.
A notice of the draft terms of merger is published by each of the companies participating in the operation in a newspaper authorised to carry legal advertisements in the département of the registered office. If at least one of these companies makes a public offer of financial securities, other than those mentioned in 1° or 2° of article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, the notice is also inserted in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires.
This notice shall contain the following information
1° The name of the company followed, where applicable, by its acronym, its legal form, the address of its registered office, the unique identification number assigned to the company when it is entered in the register of companies and, where applicable, the reference RCS followed by the name of the municipality where the registry office where it is registered is located, for each of the companies taking part in the transaction;
2° The name of the new company resulting from the merger, followed, where appropriate, by its acronym, its legal form and the address of its registered office;
3° The valuation of the assets and liabilities to be transferred to the acquiring or new company;
4° The effective date of the draft terms of merger and the date and place of the filing required by the first paragraph of this article;
5° A statement to the effect that, as a result of the merger, the members of the mutual insurance company or companies being acquired or merged will become members of the acquiring or new company.
The filing with the registry and publication provided for in this article shall take place at least one month before the date of the first general meeting called to decide on the operation.