I. – The merger results in the dissolution without liquidation of the disappearing companies and the transfer of all their assets and liabilities to the surviving companies, in the same condition as on the date of definitive completion of the transaction. At the same time, the members of the disappearing companies acquire the status of members of the receiving companies, under the conditions determined by the merger agreement.
II. – However, units or shares in the receiving company shall not be exchanged for units or shares in the disappearing companies where such units or shares are held:
1° Either by the receiving company or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of that company;
2° Or by the disappearing company or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of that company;
3° Or by a company that holds all the shares in the receiving company and in the disappearing company or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of that company;
4° Or by the shareholders of the merging companies in the same proportions in all the merging companies, where those proportions are maintained at the end of the transaction.