Member States shall provide that at the first annual general meeting of a company referred to in Article 1 (1) to take place more than three months after this Directive has been transposed into national law, any natural person or legal entity as referred to in Article 1 (1) must notify the company concerned and at the same time the competent authority or authorities where he holds 10 % or more of its voting rights, specifying the proportion of voting rights actually held unless that person or entity has already made a declaration in accordance with Article 4.
Within one month of that general meeting, the public shall be informed of all holdings of 10 % or more in accordance with Article 10.