(1) Directors of a company shall retain the following documents in the principal office of the company from two weeks prior to the date of the general meeting of shareholders under Article 522 (1) until six months after the date of the merger: <Amended by Act No. 5591, Dec. 28, 1998; Act No. 13523, Dec. 1, 2015>
1. A merger agreement;
2. Where new shares are issued or treasury shares are transferred for the merger, a document stating the grounds for the allotment of new shares or the transfer of treasury shares to the shareholders of the non-surviving company after the merger;
3. The final balance sheets and statement of profits and losses of each company.
(2) A shareholder or creditor of the company may, at any time during its business hours, request inspection of the documents listed in the subparagraphs of paragraph (1) or request the issuance of the copies or extracts thereof with payment of costs determined by the company. <Amended by Act No. 5591, Dec. 28, 1998>[This Article Newly Inserted by Act No. 3724, Apr. 10, 1984]