(1) Subject to paragraph (4) of this regulation and to Regulation 14, the draft terms of merger shall be approved by a special resolution passed at a general meeting of each of the merging companies.
(2) Where the merger is a merger by formation of a new company, the memorandum or draft memorandum and articles or draft articles of association of the new company shall be approved by a special resolution of each of the companies being acquired.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (3A) and (3B), the notice convening the general meeting referred to in paragraph (1) shall contain a statement of every shareholder's entitlement to obtain on request, free of charge, full or, if so desired, partial copies of the documents listed in Regulation 12.
(3A) Subject to paragraph (3B), where a shareholder has consented to the use by the company of electronic means for conveying information, the copies referred to in paragraph (3) may be provided to that shareholder by electronic mail and the notice convenin