(1) An open-ended investment company must give written notice to the Authority of -

(a) any proposed alteration to the company’s instrument of incorporation other than one to which regulation 22A applies;

(b) any proposed alteration to the company’s prospectus which, if made, would be significant;

(c) any proposed reconstruction or amalgamation involving the company other than a proposed merger to which Part 4 of the Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Regulations 2010 applies;

(d) any proposal to wind up the affairs of the company or a sub-fund of that company otherwise than by the court;

(e) any proposal to replace a director of the company, to appoint any additional director or to decrease the number of directors in post; and

(f) any proposal to replace the depositary of the company.

(2) Any notice given under paragraph (1)(a) must be accompanied by a certificate signed by a solicitor to the effect that the change in question will not affect the compliance of the instrument of incorporation with Schedule 2 to these Regulations and with such of the requirements of FCA rules as relate to the contents of that instrument.