1.A company which has received a declaration referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 4 (1) must in turn disclose it to the public in each of the Member States in which its shares are officially listed on a stock exchange as soon as possible but not more than nine calender days after the receipt of that declaration. A Member State may provide for the disclosure to the public, referred to in the first subparagraph, to be made not by the company concerned but by the competent authority, possibly in cooperation with that company.
2.The disclosure referred to in paragraph 1 must be made by publication in one or more newspapers distributed throughout or widely in the Member State or States concerned or be made available to the public either in writing in places indicated by announcements to be published in one or more newspapers distributed throughout or widely in the Member State or States concerned or by other equivalent means approved by the competent authorities. The said disclosure must be made by publication in the official language or languages, or in one of the official languages or in another language, provided that in the Member State in question the official language or languages or such other language is or are customary in the sphere of finance and accepted by the competent authorities.