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18. Continuity
(1) A share transfer instrument or order may provide for a transferee to be treated for any purpose connected with the transfer as the same person as the transferor.
(2) A share transfer instrument or order may provide for agreements made or other things done by or in relation to a transferor to be treated as made or done by or in relation to the transferee.
(3) A share transfer instrument or order may provide for anything (including legal proceedings) that relates to anything transferred and is in the process of being done by or in relation to the transferor immediately before the transfer date, to be continued by or in relation to the transferee.
(4) A share transfer instrument or order may modify references (express or implied) in an instrument or document to a transferor.
(5) A share transfer instrument or order may require or permit -
(a) a transferor to provide a transferee with information and assistance;
(b) a transferee to provide a transferor with information and assistance.
(5A) This section applies to a mandatory reduction instrument as it applies to a share transfer instrument; and in relation to a mandatory reduction instrument references in this section to a "transfer" are to a transfer of securities (whether made by that or another mandatory reduction instrument) and "transferor" and "transferee" are to be read accordingly.