10.—(1) Section 911 (inspection of documents (merger)) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3), omit “and” at the end of paragraph (d) and after paragraph (e) add—
“; and
(f)if no statement is required by section 910 because the company has made public a recent half-yearly financial report (see subsection (1A) of that section), that report. ”.
(3) After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) The requirement in subsection (1)(a) is subject to section 911A(1) (publication of documents on company website).”.
(4) At the end of subsection (4) add “and section 918A (agreement to dispense with reports etc)”.
(5) At the end add—
“(5) Section 1145 (right to hard copy) does not apply to a document sent or supplied in accordance with subsection (1)(b) to a member who has consented to information being sent or supplied by the company by electronic means and has not revoked that consent.
(6) Part 4 of Schedule 5 (communications by means of a website) does not apply for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) (but see section 911A(5)).
(7) The requirements in this section are subject to section 915A (other circumstances in which reports and inspection not required).”.